Django learning

[lovetoprogram]

I tried to do this according the tutorial.
>>> from django import template
>>> t = template.Template('My name is {{ name }}.')
>>> c = template.Context({'name': 'Adrian'})
>>> print t.render(c)
My name is Adrian.
>>> c = template.Context({'name': 'Fred'})
>>> print t.render(c)
My name is Fred.

But I got this error
>>> t = template.Template('My name is {{ name }}.')

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#6>", line 1, in <module>
t = template.Template('My name is {{ name }}.')
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line
123, in __init__
if settings.TEMPLATE_DEBUG and origin is None:
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py",
line 184, in inner
self._setup()
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line
40, in _setup
raise ImportError("Settings cannot be imported, because
environment variable %s is undefined." % ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE)
ImportError: Settings cannot be imported, because environment variable
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is undefined.

Any help

Cheers

[Tomás Garzón Hervás]

Hi, you have to indicate where is the settings file to django. You can use the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE.

 More info:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/settings/#using-settings-without-setting-django-settings-module

[Daniel Roseman]

You're supposed to load the shell with `./manage.py shell` rather than going directly into Python. That is explained in the tutorial.

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DR. 

[Kurtis Mullins]

You're supposed to load the shell with `./manage.py shell` rather than going directly into Python. That is explained in the tutorial.

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DR. 

+1 -- However, I recommend installing the package "ipython" when using the Django Shell. For example, run: "pip install ipython". 

This will give you auto-completion. So if you started typing something like "models." and hit tab, it'd show you all of the available methods and classes you can use.