Creating a Django project
The process is no different than most other projects. Click File | New Project then click the Django option as shown in Figure 10.1.
Figure 10.1: Creating a new Django project is much like any other project
Be sure to twirl down the More Settings section. Here you can set the template language. You can use either the Django templating language or Jinja2, which was what we used in Chapter 9, Building a Dynamic Web Application with Flask. Since we covered Jinja2 already, let’s stick with Django. You can set the name of the folder you’ll use for templates, and you absolutely should set a value for the Application name field as shown at the bottom of Figure 10.1.
Don’t skip the application name
If you skip the Application name setting at the bottom of Figure 10.1, PyCharm will assume you want a Django project without any applications. Of course, you can add additional applications later using the manage...
