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• create new app

django-admin startproject ProTwo

python manage.py startapp AppTwo

• create new templates folder in project folder

in this way, django knows where to find these templates

• create new html template

under templates folder, we create a new html file(create new folder for app and create new html file into that folder)

in the new html file, we can use template tags(a.k.a Django Template Variable) that pass content into this template to show.

{{ insert_me }}

• Hook template tags to views

in views.py in app folder, use dictionary to render

what does that mean?

my_dict = {'insert_me': "Hello, this is from views.py",}

and from views, we return render()

• create urls.py in AppTwo

By creating urls.py in AppTwo, we keep the best effort to make the app clean.

• modifying settings.py in project folder

add TEMP_DIR into file, TEMP_DIR is the directory that we want to tell django

TEMP_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates")

then add TEMP_DIR into DIR parameter under TEMPLATES

• routings configs

in project folder, urlpatterns is for routing. add for example url(r'^first_app$', include('first_app.urls')) in this case, when people input www.mydomain.com/first_app, then it will go to the app’s folder to search for routing action. and in app’s urls.py, it can link the views.py for further information.