Creating a project file structure

A consistent file structure for your projects makes you well organized and more productive. When you have the basic workflow defined, you can get stuck into the business logic more quickly and create awesome projects.

Getting ready

If you haven't done it yet, create a ~/projects directory, where you will keep all your Django projects (you can read about this in the Working with a virtual environment recipe).

Then, create a directory for your specific project—for example, myproject_website. Start the virtual environment in an env directory there. Activate it and install Django there, as described in the previous recipe. We would suggest adding a commands directory for local shell...