Django: Getting Started Transcripts
Chapter: Posting Data
Lecture: Configuring PyCharm with Django's dev server
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The next step will be to run the Django development server and then visit the admin area. But before I do that I want to take you on a little aside.
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Up until now I've run the Django server in either a terminal window or in PyCharms terminal area.
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This option is always available to you and if you're not using PyCharm, you're able to continue to do that. Most ids have debugging tools built in.
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If you're familiar with PyCharm, you'll notice I never hit the play button to run my code.
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That's because the code isn't directly in Django but through the development server.
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There's a way though to tell PyCharm to run the dev server when you hit the play button Not only is this convenient,
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but it also means you can take advantage of the debugging tools. It just requires a bit of setup. In the top right corner here click add configuration
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add new, choose Python, name your configuration and then in the script area, choose your management.py file from the project.
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In the parameter section, add run server as your management command,
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double check that your virtual environment is pointing to the right place and then click OK
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Essentially what I've done here is configure PyCharm to do the same thing I would have done in the terminal by hand.
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Run the management py command with run server as an argument. Now I can hit the run button and the server will run.
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If you're not using PyCharm, do a little googling to see if your ID does something similar or if you prefer the old school,
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keep using a terminal. Whatever works best for you. Now that I've run this, I can head off to the browser to use the Django admin area to add a review.