Polls app not showing?

ScottW

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Jun 26, 2019, 10:34:39 PM6/26/19

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Hi,

I'm attempting to get started with Django and very first part of the polls app. When I type "python manage.py startapp polls" into the Windows Powershell I don't see a folder for it in my file explorer under "mysite". Even stranger is that when I type 'tree' for this folder it shows that its on the computer, but there's nothing in it besides 'migrations' and '_pycache_ '. Please refer to the screenshot attached for a picture of the Powershell code. If someone could help steer me in the right direction that would be great!

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ojakol emma

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Jun 27, 2019, 2:32:51 AM6/27/19

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first go to installed apps in settings then you install that app "POLLS"

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 5:33 AM ScottW <spwin...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I'm attempting to get started with Django and very first part of the polls app. When I type "python manage.py startapp polls" into the Windows Powershell I don't see a folder for it in my file explorer under "mysite". Even stranger is that when I type 'tree' for this folder it shows that its on the computer, but there's nothing in it besides 'migrations' and '_pycache_ '. Please refer to the screenshot attached for a picture of the Powershell code. If someone could help steer me in the right direction that would be great!

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ojakol emma

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Jun 27, 2019, 3:33:09 AM6/27/19

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hv you got it

Joe Reitman

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Jun 27, 2019, 9:28:53 AM6/27/19

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Did you create a project first with the 'startproject' command?

karthikvignesh28

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Jun 27, 2019, 3:09:29 PM6/27/19

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On Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 8:04:39 AM UTC+5:30, ScottW wrote:

Hi,

I'm attempting to get started with Django and very first part of the polls app. When I type "python manage.py startapp polls" into the Windows Powershell I don't see a folder for it in my file explorer under "mysite". Even stranger is that when I type 'tree' for this folder it shows that its on the computer, but there's nothing in it besides 'migrations' and '_pycache_ '. Please refer to the screenshot attached for a picture of the Powershell code. If someone could help steer me in the right direction that would be great!

Can you run the server Without Creating a new app?

ScottW

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Jun 27, 2019, 8:39:11 PM6/27/19

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Where exactly do I find installed apps? The settings python file doesn't open.

On Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 2:32:51 AM UTC-4, ojakol emma wrote:

first go to installed apps in settings then you install that app "POLLS"

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 5:33 AM ScottW <spwin...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I'm attempting to get started with Django and very first part of the polls app. When I type "python manage.py startapp polls" into the Windows Powershell I don't see a folder for it in my file explorer under "mysite". Even stranger is that when I type 'tree' for this folder it shows that its on the computer, but there's nothing in it besides 'migrations' and '_pycache_ '. Please refer to the screenshot attached for a picture of the Powershell code. If someone could help steer me in the right direction that would be great!

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ScottW

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Jun 27, 2019, 8:41:55 PM6/27/19

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Yep, followed the instructions to a tee on the Django site

ScottW

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Jun 27, 2019, 8:44:09 PM6/27/19

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The server ran a few weeks ago before I ran into this issue. I used the run server command just now and now its not working. Interesting

vignesh karthik

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Jun 28, 2019, 12:28:33 AM6/28/19

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Create virtual environment

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Scott Winter

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Jun 30, 2019, 9:29:02 PM6/30/19

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Sorry, you'll have to be clearer than that. Not sure how to do that nor how it relates to the issue

On Friday, June 28, 2019 at 12:28:33 AM UTC-4, karthikvignesh28 wrote:

Create virtual environment

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The server ran a few weeks ago before I ran into this issue. I used the run server command just now and now its not working. Interesting

On Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 3:09:29 PM UTC-4, karthikvignesh28 wrote:

On Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 8:04:39 AM UTC+5:30, ScottW wrote:
Hi,

I'm attempting to get started with Django and very first part of the polls app. When I type "python manage.py startapp polls" into the Windows Powershell I don't see a folder for it in my file explorer under "mysite". Even stranger is that when I type 'tree' for this folder it shows that its on the computer, but there's nothing in it besides 'migrations' and '_pycache_ '. Please refer to the screenshot attached for a picture of the Powershell code. If someone could help steer me in the right direction that would be great!

Can you run the server Without Creating a new app?

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Joe Reitman

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Jun 30, 2019, 11:06:54 PM6/30/19

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What does your project directory look like?

Scott Winter

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Jul 2, 2019, 10:25:35 PM7/2/19

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Ok, attached a pic of the mysite folder and the other items inside. Polls 2 and 3 are my attempt at making another polls app. Feels like I'm missing something really simple here.

mysite-tree.PNG

Joe Reitman

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Jul 2, 2019, 11:02:32 PM7/2/19

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That looks really weird.

Try running this command in a new folder exactly as shown.

django-admin startproject polls_project .

Remember to include a space and period after polls_ project.

It should create a directory structure like this in your new folder.

.

├── manage.py

├── polls_project

│ ├── __init__.py

│ ├── settings.py

│ ├── urls.py

│ └── wsgi.py

Most developers use a virtual environment when creating new projects. A virtual env separates the dependencies between different projects. It is not necessary for you to do that on your first project so don't worry about it. You can always watch youtube tutorials on creating virtual envs later on.

Scott Winter

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Jul 3, 2019, 9:03:47 PM7/3/19

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Ok so the images I attached to this comment are the view of the file path in my file explorer, which isn't consistent with the results of the tree command in "mysite". The files are there but I of course I don't see the polls app folders anywhere.

I entered the command you suggested and received the message "manage.py already exists, overlaying a project or app into an existing directory won't replace conflicting files"

And thanks for clearing up the virtual environment part.

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