Hello everyone.
Recently i have been excited by GAE (GoogleAppEngine) - a PaaS featuring Java, Python and Go run times. I wanna deploy an app by the end of this month on Gae. Since i know Python programming, i have to use Django -the framework in order to enhance the speed of my development.
What is django anyway?
Django is a web framework based and implemented in Python to allow fast development of sites.
Django is fully supported on GAE and as such makes us love to take its power and speed there.
That said, we wanna install Django and gets our hands really dirty. But before you install Django, you need some knowledge in python programming have your Windows 7 computer running Python . I prefer Python 2.7.6 since python 3 introduced a new syntax. Got Python yet?Grab Python 2.7.6.msi from here and install noting the directory on which you install( for simplicity use C:\ local disk )
That's great, we now need to check if windows has set the python path.Lets do it :
Run the command prompt by clicking start and searching cmd and hitting Enter key. Type python -V
(the V in uppercase),this should print the version of python you are running, in this case Python 2.7.6.
If you get an error we need to write a simple batch file to take the command prompt to the Python installation.
Now start notepad and copy paste this file:
@C:\Python27\python.exe %*
and save it as python.bat on your desktop
Again copy python.bat to C:\Windows\System32
////this part assumes you have installed Python in Local disk C. if not just change the root path to point to you Python installation.
Restart the Command prompt and type python -V
Next, lets get and install Django:
Download django 1.6.1 from here add save it. Django comes as a tar ball compresses file and thus we need to extract it. You can use WinRAR or 7zip to extract it. I use WinRAR.
Extract it and we are now ready to install Django.
Now open the folder with Django 1.6.1and copy its path ie right click the path bar and select copy
Open the command prompt and Type: CD then the Django folder path and hit enter key for example
CD C:\Users\Harrison\Downloads\Compressed\Django-1.6.1
Note: to paste in the command prompt you right click and select paste Ctrl+V doesn't work!!
so far so good, now type
python setup.py install ,hit enter and wait
After installation information is complete,type import django, if you get no error you have successfully installed django.Next find a get started tutorial on django or go here
.
Recently i have been excited by GAE (GoogleAppEngine) - a PaaS featuring Java, Python and Go run times. I wanna deploy an app by the end of this month on Gae. Since i know Python programming, i have to use Django -the framework in order to enhance the speed of my development.
What is django anyway?
Django is a web framework based and implemented in Python to allow fast development of sites.
Django is fully supported on GAE and as such makes us love to take its power and speed there.
That said, we wanna install Django and gets our hands really dirty. But before you install Django, you need some knowledge in python programming have your Windows 7 computer running Python . I prefer Python 2.7.6 since python 3 introduced a new syntax. Got Python yet?Grab Python 2.7.6.msi from here and install noting the directory on which you install( for simplicity use C:\ local disk )
That's great, we now need to check if windows has set the python path.Lets do it :
Run the command prompt by clicking start and searching cmd and hitting Enter key. Type python -V
(the V in uppercase),this should print the version of python you are running, in this case Python 2.7.6.
If you get an error we need to write a simple batch file to take the command prompt to the Python installation.
Now start notepad and copy paste this file:
@C:\Python27\python.exe %*
and save it as python.bat on your desktop
////this part assumes you have installed Python in Local disk C. if not just change the root path to point to you Python installation.
Restart the Command prompt and type python -V
Next, lets get and install Django:
Download django 1.6.1 from here add save it. Django comes as a tar ball compresses file and thus we need to extract it. You can use WinRAR or 7zip to extract it. I use WinRAR.
Now open the folder with Django 1.6.1and copy its path ie right click the path bar and select copy
Open the command prompt and Type: CD then the Django folder path and hit enter key for example
CD C:\Users\Harrison\Downloads\Compressed\Django-1.6.1
Note: to paste in the command prompt you right click and select paste Ctrl+V doesn't work!!
so far so good, now type
python setup.py install ,hit enter and wait
After installation information is complete,type import django, if you get no error you have successfully installed django.Next find a get started tutorial on django or go here
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