Versions of Django are released, they may not be backwards compatible with When we start developing our Django apps, we want to make sure our projects areĮnclosed in 'bubbles' known as virtual environments.įor example, as of this writing, Django's current version is 2.0. It should be pretty obvious if it didn't work. Include the $, it's an indicator that this command is being run in your To check whether it's installed, open up your command line and run this (don't Instructions, you should have pip installed already. Pip is the Python package installer - you'll use it heavily with Hello WebĪpp and pretty much any Python project. Windows users, I highly encourage you to use the Linux Subsystem for Windows to give yourself the ability to use UNIX commands used in the books (like touch) in your command line. Head over to these links to install Python 3 onto your computer: Unfortunately, unlike making web pages with HTML, we need to install Python before our computers can run the files that we're building. We'll be using the command line a lot throughout the book so, if you're new to using the command line, I recommend checking out the zine first (comes in printable, online, and other versions): 1. Optional: Get Comfortable with Command LineĪre you new to development? I wrote a fun, short zine to introduce using the command line for beginners.
