🚀 Django Project Setup Guide

💡 About This Guide This document explains how to start a Django project from scratch, covering both the approach used in this repository and industry best practices.

📋 Table of Contents

1. Initial Setup
2. Creating the Django Project
3. Project Structure
4. Creating Your First App
5. Templates Setup
6. Database Configuration
7. Version Control
8. Best Practices

🔧 Initial Setup

Package Management Options

This Project’s Approach: uv

# Using uv (modern, fast Python package manager)
uv init
uv add django black

✅ Why uv?

• Extremely fast package resolution and installation
• Modern lockfile system
• Built-in Python version management
• Growing adoption in the Python community

Alternative Approaches

• Traditional: pip + venv