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Django Takeoff: Developing Modern Applications

Database and Media Files Setup

Understand how to set up and configure PostgreSQL as your Django database, manage static files like CSS and JavaScript, and handle user-uploaded media files. This lesson helps you configure crucial settings in your Django project for both development and production environments.

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SQLite 3 database setup


The default database used by Django is the SQLite3 database. The following piece of code is generated whenever we set up a new Django web app.

SQLite
Python
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DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
    }
}
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PostgreSQL database setup


In this course, we’ll be using the PostgreSQL database. To use the PostgreSQL database, we need to modify the DATABASES field in the settings.py as follows:

PostgreSQL
Python
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DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': '<database_name>',
        'USER': '<database_username>',
        'PASSWORD': '<database_password>',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '<port>',
    }
}
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ENGINE

Refers to the database component used to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations on the database data.

NAME

Refers to the name of the database.

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