Calling "manage.py shell" from the Python Shell in Tutorial Part 1

[Django_for_SB]

Django Gurus,

I'm an absolute beginner using Python in Django. I'm currently going
through the tutorial, part 1, on the djangoproject.com main website:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/intro/tutorial01/. I keep trying
to complete part 1 of the tutorial, step by step, meaning, I'll go
through the tutorial part 1, progress up to a certain point, then
close my shell command and shut-down my computer. Then, when I get
back to opening up the project in which I initially began working on,
namely, "mysite" (as the tutorial instructs us to name), my shell
commands aren't valid anymore.

Example:

manage.py shell -----> This
initially works if I start the project from scratch

manage.py shell -----> This won't
work if I leave my project, then go back to continue to

work on it later

This is the error I keep getting:

Traceback(most recent call last):

IndentationError: unexpected Indent



I'm not quite sure what's going on. Any assistance would be more than
appreciated. What am I missing here? Thank you.

Best,

SB

[Furbee]

Python is indentation-specific. It determines the semantics of your code by it's levels of indentation. For instance:

# print False

if False:

    print "false"

print "done"

if False:

    print "false"

else:

    print "true"

Note that inside the if block, all lines which are indented belong to that if block. The block ends when the indentation ends. The error "IndentationError: unexpected Indent" tells you that Python got an indentation it was not expecting. This could be as simple as a single space that shouldn't be there. Check your models.py and settings.py files for any lines that are indented which are not supposed to be.

Furbee

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[kalyani ram]

Hey I am a begginer too and i went tru the same tutorial and trust me
i had so many errors and i just struggled tru..
now indentation errors are quite common. what u need to do is, go to u
models.py, admin.py, views.py or any other .py file for which ever the
code is written, and plz try using python editor to write instead of
other text editors. they help u indent the code pretty well. and then
give python manage.py shell after syncdb n validate.
I am sure u ll get tru. indent your functions properly.
all the best.


Regards,
kalyani Ram

[Bill Freeman]

1. There is more information in that traceback (that you didn't
include) that could help
you find your indentation error.

2. It is quite useful, presuming that you are also a python beginner,
to do the tutorial
at:

http://docs.python.org/tutorial/index.html

Bill

[Sami Balbaky]

Thanks everyone. Your inputs were a tremendous help. I'm slowly, but surely, getting the hang of Django.

Best,

S