django-commands

# Useful commands for Django server

# Create a new Django project called my_project
django-admin startproject my_project

# Start Django Server on port 8000 
python3 manage.py runserver 8000

# Create a file with instructions for the database to create tables. The file is stored in the migrations folder.
python3 manage.py makemigrations

# Apply model changes in django to the database (executes the file created from 'makemigrations')
python3 manage.py migrate 

# Show all the migrations for an app called app_name
python3 manage.py showmigrations app_name

# Revert a migration for a specific app. Migration names can be found with the 'showmigrations' command. You only need to use the number of the migration.
python3 manage.py migrate app_name migration_name

# Delete all data in the database. Deletes every record of every table, but keeps the tables intact.
python manage.py flush

# Create a new app in the Django project.
python3 manage.py startapp myapp

# Create an admin account on django.
python3 manage.py createsuperuser

# Show available commands for Django .
python manage.py help

# Run a test for Django.
python manage.py test

# Start python shell, but with django apps/context and database loaded.
python3 manage.py shell

# Check the current version of django.
django-admin --version

# Put all the install python packages and modules in the current virtual environment in a text file.
pip freeze > requirements.txt

# Install the required python packages and modules for the current virtual environment.
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Uninstall package_name
pip uninstall package_name

# Create a python virtual environment called project_env .
python3 -m venv project_env
python -m venv venv

# Activate or start the python virtual environment.
source my_project/bin/activate
source venv/bin/activate

# Deactivate the virtual environment .
deactivate 

# Show where the global python modules/packages are stored for the current user.
python3 -m site --user-site

# Print a list of URLS being used in the app. (This command can only be used in the django-extensions package)
python manage.py show_urls

# Generate a graph of the models and their relationships. (This command can only be used in the django-extensions package)
python manage.py graph_models -a -o myapp_models.png

# Install the tailwind dependencies in Django  (This command can only be used in the django-tailwind package)
python manage.py tailwind install

# Start the tailwind watcher/builder. (This command can only be used in the django-tailwind package)
python manage.py tailwind start