Ok, this is all good, got to the end of Chptr 3 and was about to begin the template exercises, then… fail.
On re-firing up Terminal, just can figure out what the start-up procedure is to open the project and start the localhost testing environment.
Clearly this is my own complete lack of comprehension, but it’s really frustrating having made a promising start! Appreciate any hints (and your forebearance!).
New starter help-outs!
richardshill
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limedaring
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Hey there, happy to help!
Remember where you made the project? These are the steps to basically get started again:
- In your terminal,
cd(“change directory”) to where your project lives. This video might help you if you’re new to terminal stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aS8oIm2CoA - Once in your project folder, relaunch your virtual environment (the “bubble” that lives around your project making sure you only install things to just your project, not your entire computer) — the command for this is
source venv/bin/activate(here’s the setup page again if you’d like to read over more explantions: https://hellowebapp.com/setup/#install-virtualenv) - Once your virtualenv is activated, you can start your local server with
python manage.py runserver - In your code editor (like Sublime Text), open up the files you need to change.
Once you do this a few times, it’ll become more natural. :) Let me know if there is any step that you need more help with!