The Samplest Django Project

Create a Django project in a python file

project_name.py

import os
import sys

BASE_PATH = os.path.dirname(__file__)

from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
from django.shortcuts import render

settings.configure(
    DEBUG=True,
    SECRET_KEY="thisisasampleesedjangoprject",
    ROOT_URLCONF=sys.module[__name__],
    TEMPLATE_DIRS=(
        os.path.join(BASE_PATH, 'templates'),
    ),
)

def index(request):
    return render(request,'index.html',{'request':request})

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^$',index,name='index'),
)

if __name__=='__main__':
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)

Run it:

python project_name.py runserver