Setup To start, create a new Django project from the command line. We need to do several things:
Naviagte to the desired directory:
$ cd ~/Desktop
create and navigate into a dedicated directory called accounts for example:
$ mkdir accounts && cd accounts
or
$ mkdir accounts
$ cd accounts
install Django
$ pipenv install django~=3.1.0
enter your virtual envirnment:
$ pipenv shell
make a new Django project called config
(accounts) $ django-admin.py startproject config .
make a new app accounts
(accounts) $ python manage.py startapp accounts
start the local web server:
(accounts) $ python manage.py runserver
Here are the commands to run:
Note that you did not run
migrateto configure our database. It’s important to wait until after we’ve created our new custom user model before doing so.