Django Common Command Words That You Must Know

Django Project Set-up 

• Create a new Django project

This command will create a new Django project with the given project name.

django-admin startproject <project_name>

 

• Create an app

This command will create a new Django application within the project directory. 

django-admin startapp <app_name>

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Development and Testing

• Run the development server

This command will start the development server for your Django project.

python manage.py runserver

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Database Tasks 

• Prepare the database for migrations 

This command will prepare the database for migrations for your Django project.

python manage.py makemigrations

 

• Make the database migrations

This command will run any pending database migrations for your Django project.

python manage.py migrate

 

• Show previous migrations

This command will show you the list of previous migrations for each app within your project.

python manage.py showmigrations

 

• Unapply migrations 

This command will help revert back to a previously migrated version. 

• Tip: use the "showmigrations" command to see the previous migrations.

python manage.py migrate [app_name] [migration_name]

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Admin tasks

• Create a superuser

This command will create a new superuser account for your Django project. If the password is too common, Django will give a prompt but allow you to override it. 

python manage.py createsuperuser

 

• Change user password

This command will change the password of a given user.

python manage.py changepassword [username]

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Testing 

• Run test

This command will run the Django test suite based on tests defined in the test.py file within your project/app.

python manage.py runtests