In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Django-Todo on a computer running NixOS.
To successfully complete this installation, you need to have the following:
To start the installation process, we need to clone the Django-Todo package’s repository using Git. Open your the terminal and Run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/shacker/django-todo.git
Before we can use Django-Todo, we need to install its dependencies. In this tutorial, we will be using nix-shell to install everything in one go.
Open your terminal and change the directory to the Django-Todo folder you cloned:
cd django-todo
Now, enter the following command into your terminal:
nix-shell --packages python36Packages.djangoFull python36Packages.psycopg2
This command will install Django and the PostgreSQL driver (psycopg2) into a shell environment where Python 3.6 is enabled.
Django-Todo stores its data in a PostgreSQL database. Before we can start using Django-Todo, we need to create a database for it. To create the database, run:
createdb django_todo
Next, we need to configure Django-Todo to use the database we just created.
Open the settings.py file, which is located in ./src/todo/ and add the following section in the DATABASES section:
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
'NAME': 'django_todo',
'USER': '',
'PASSWORD': '',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '',
}
After configuring the database, we need to apply the migrations by running:
python manage.py migrate
We need to create a superuser account to manage Django-Todo. To create a superuser, run:
python manage.py createsuperuser
Finally, we can start the Django development server using the following command:
python manage.py runserver
You should now be able to access Django-Todo at http://127.0.0.1:8000/.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Django-Todo on a computer running NixOS latest version. We also walked you through the process of creating a database, configuring it, and starting the development server. We hope you found this tutorial helpful. Enjoy using Django-Todo!
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