Creating a basic signup page

The signup page has a complex functionality. We will need to consider many possible scenarios. For now, let’s implement a basic signup page. We will refactor and improve this functionality in the upcoming sections.

To implement a basic signup page, we will follow the following steps:

1. Configure a signup URL.
2. Define a signup function.
3. Create an accounts signup template.
4. Add a signup link to the base template.

Let’s look at these steps in detail next.

Configuring a signup URL

In /accounts/, create a new file called urls.py. This file will contain the path relating to the URLs of the accounts app. For now, fill it in with the following code:

from django.urls import path
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
    path('signup', views.signup, name='accounts.signup'),
]

We defined a /signup path, but remember that the project-level URL file defined a /accounts prefix for...