Thanks for getting back to me. So, i just figured *manage.py* would also require the *settings.py* which is missing now. What do i do about that?
Lekan On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Mike Dewhirst <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24/08/2016 5:23 PM, Lekan Wahab wrote: > >> Good morning, >> I was recently given  a django project to manage at work. >> However, i noticed the project has neither a django-admin.py or a >> manage.py file. >> Is that normal? >> > There is usually a manage.py file in the root of the project. > django-admin.py is put in the Python path when Django is installed. > >> If it is, how do i run the project on my local machine for testing >> purposes? >> > > * Establish a virtualenv setup (optional but recommended)(separate topic) > * install the same version of Django locally (the file structure you show > indicates a possibly older Django) > * install the same version of the database server locally > * dump the database on the server and load it locally > * mkdir ~/envs > * cd envs > |* ||python django-admin.py startproject projname (or use python3) > > At this point you have the bones of the project into which you should be > able to see where to copy the projname directories and files. After doing > so ... > > * ~/envs/projname$ python manage.py runserver > > This will probably generate errors indicating which 3rd party packages > need to be installed on the local machine. In theory when they are all > installed you should be able to launch the software. > | > Good luck > > Mike > > >> The file structure is something like this: >> Project Name >> app1 >> app2 >> app3 >> app4 >> app5 >> models.py >> forms.py >> __init__.py >> urls.py >> views.py >> admin.py >> >> >> Each app contains the following: >> models.py >> forms.py >> __init__.py >> urls.py >> views.py >> admin.py >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/django-users/CAE6v7ocLOQh_HMxiu29%2Br3wLANJ2wjtesyjb79SX >> mFXpgb8jgw%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/m >> sgid/django-users/CAE6v7ocLOQh_HMxiu29%2Br3wLANJ2wjtesyjb79S >> XmFXpgb8jgw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms > gid/django-users/f61e75cb-12f3-3fe8-e792-a5ce69f473c3%40dewhirst.com.au. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAE6v7odmC97UYEV0-scQZdoafoa3%3DFkP5dKUA2nJ%2BA7oCEH7Xw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
