I am currently learning how to use Django 3 (and Python 3.8) and I am following a tutorial to create a simple blog. I am getting a good grasp of the basic concepts so far but I am stuck at creating a migrations file.
When I enter the python manage.py makemigrations blog command into Windows Powershell, I get the error message: No installed app with label 'blog'. I have searched high and lo for an answer but I am still scratching my head. I am wondering if you lovely people would be able to offer any advice on the matter.
Here's my settings.py file:
import os
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
print("BASE_DIR = ", BASE_DIR)
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = False
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'blog',
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'django_project.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'django_project.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
And here's my models.pyfile of the blog app:
from django.db import models
class Author(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=True)
email = models.EmailField(unique=True)
active = models.BooleanField(default=False)
created_on = models.DateTimeField()
last_logged_in = models.DateTimeFieldP()
class Category(models.Model):
name = model.CharField(max_length=100, unique=True)
slug = models.SlugField(max_length=100, unique=True
author = models.ForeignKey(Author, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
class Tag(model.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=True)
slug = models.SlugField(max_length=100, unique=True)
author = models.ForeignKey(Author, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
class Post(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
slug = models.SlugField(unique=True)
content = models.TextField()
pub_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
author = models.ForeignKey(Author, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
category = models.ForeignKey(Category, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
tags = models.ManyToManyField(Tag)
I'll also post the directory to my blog app as well:
first_project
--my_venv
--django_project
----django_project
----__init__.py
----asgi.py
----settings.py
----urls.py
----wsgi.py
----blog
----migrations
----__init__.py
----templates
----__init__.py
----admin.py
----apps.py
----models.py
----tests.py
----urls.py
----views.py
----templates
----manage.py
----db.sqlite3
EDIT: Sorry about the missing blog app files, I've added the auto-generated files to the directory.
I'll also add the apps.py file, which is:
from django.apps import AppConfig
class BlogConfig(AppConfig):
name = 'blog'
As requested, this is the result of the command python manage.py showmigrations:
admin
[X] 0001_initial
[X] 0002_logentry_remove_auto_add
[X] 0003_logentry_add_action_flag_choices
auth
[X] 0001_initial
[X] 0002_alter_permission_name_max_length
[X] 0003_alter_user_email_max_length
[X] 0004_alter_user_username_opts
[X] 0005_alter_user_last_login_null
[X] 0006_require_contenttypes_0002
[X] 0007_alter_validators_add_error_messages
[X] 0008_alter_user_username_max_length
[X] 0009_alter_user_last_name_max_length
[X] 0010_alter_group_name_max_length
[X] 0011_update_proxy_permissions
contenttypes
[X] 0001_initial
[X] 0002_remove_content_type_name
sessions
[X] 0001_initial