How do I create a basic project using MVT in Django?

Michael Zippo

Assuming you’ve gone through the previous article. This article is about creating a basic project to render a template using the MVT architecture. We will use MVT (Models, Views, Templates) to render data on a local server.

Create a base project:

To initiate a Django project on your PC, open a terminal and enter the following command
```
 django-admin startproject projectName 
```
A new folder named projectName will be created. To log into the project using the terminal, enter the command
```
 cd projectName 
```

Create a new file views.py in the project folder where settings.py, urls are stored. py and other files, and save the following code in it:

# HttpResponse is used for
# transfer information
# return to view

from django.http import HttpResponse

# Define a function that
# will receive the request and
# execute task depending on
# after function definition

def hello_geek (request):

# This will return Hello Geeks

# string as HttpResponse

return HttpResponse ( "Hello Geeks" )

Open urls.py inside the project folder (project_name) and add
- Import hello_geek functions from the views.py file.
```
 from projectName.views import hello_geeks 
```
- Add entry to URL field inside url pattern-
```
 path (’geek /’, hello_geek), < / pre>   
 
```
Now to run server, follow these steps:
- Open a command prompt and change the directory to env_site with this command:
```
 $ cd env_site 
```
- Go to the Script directory inside env_site and activate virtual environment
```
 $ cd Script 
```
```
 $ activate 
```
- Return to the env_site directory and change to the
```
 $ cd .. 
```
```
 $ cd geeks_site 
```
- Start the server. Start the server by typing the following command in cmd-
```
 $ python manage.py runserver 
```
Checking — open your browser and enter this URL -
```
 http://127.0.0.1:8000/geek/ 
```