Re: New to Django, having difficulty creating first app. PLEASE HELP!

[MattDale]

Glad you are trying out Django.

That error is telling you what's wrong  The directory that you are in does not include the file "manage.py".  Depending on your operating system, when you get this error, get the contents of the directory(windows, type dir and press enter) if the outputted list doesn't include "manage.py", then you are not in the outer mysite directory.  You most likely did not "change into the outer mysite directory". So from that point in the tutorial, type cd ..  and press enter, and that should be the outer directory. just to be sure, check the contents of the directory you are in by typing "dir".  

Sorry if that answer is a little too basic and you already know all that, but I wanted to offer the simplest troubleshooting options first. 

Good luck

On Friday, August 24, 2012 7:10:21 PM UTC-4, lukedc wrote:

Hello everyone, 

I am doing the django tutorial. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/intro/tutorial01/

I am on the part where it says, "The development server". It says: Let's verify this worked. Change into the outer mysite directory, if you haven't already, and run the command python manage.py runserver.

When I type in  "python manage.py runserver" on the command prompt, however, it says, "python: can't open file 'manage.py': [Errno 2] no such file or directory. 

What should I do? Can you please tell me?

I have done everything right so far. 

Thank you all so much, Luke

[lukedc]

Thank you Matt, that answered my question!. Thank you so much, it was very nice of you.