how to create a sub project in django

To create a subproject in Django, follow these steps:

  1. Open your terminal or command prompt and navigate to the directory where you want to create your subproject.

  2. Run the following command to create the subproject:

django-admin startproject mysubproject

Replace "mysubproject" with the name you want to give your subproject. This command will create a new directory with the specified name.

  1. Change into the new directory by running the following command:

cd mysubproject

  1. Create a new Django app within your subproject by running the following command:

python manage.py startapp myapp

Replace "myapp" with the name you want to give your app. This command will create a new directory with the specified name inside your subproject directory.

  1. Open the "settings.py" file located in the subproject directory and add the new app to the INSTALLED_APPS list. Find the INSTALLED_APPS variable and append the name of your app to the list, like this:

python INSTALLED_APPS = [ ... 'myapp', ]

  1. Create the necessary models, views, and templates for your app inside the "myapp" directory. This is where you will define the functionality and design of your subproject.

  2. Configure the URLs for your subproject by creating a new "urls.py" file inside the "myapp" directory. In this file, define the URL patterns for your app, mapping them to the appropriate views.

  3. Include the URLs of your app in the main project's URL configuration. Open the "urls.py" file located in the subproject directory and add the following line at the top:

python from django.urls import include

Then, inside the urlpatterns list, include the URLs of your app using the include() function, like this:

python urlpatterns = [ ... path('myapp/', include('myapp.urls')), ]

Replace "myapp" with the name of your app.

  1. Finally, run the development server by running the following command:

python manage.py runserver

This will start the Django development server, allowing you to access your subproject in a web browser.

That's it! You have successfully created a subproject in Django. You can now start building your application within the subproject directory.