Creating a cart app

All the shopping cart functionalities will be managed in their own application. So, let’s create a cart app. Navigate to the top moviesstore folder (the one which contains the manage.py file) and run the following in the Terminal:

• For macOS, run the following command:

  python3 manage.py startapp cart

• For Windows, run the following command:

  python manage.py startapp cart

Figure 10.4 shows the new project structure. Verify it matches your current folder structure.

Figure 10.4 – The MOVIESSTORE project structure containing the cart app

Adding cart app in settings

Remember that for each newly created app, we must register it in the settings.py file. In /moviesstore/settings.py, under INSTALLED_APPS, add the following lines in bold:

…
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    …
    'movies',
    'accounts',
    ...