Deploying Heroku Server

Creating a Django Project

Virtual Environment

Using Virtual environments allows you to avoid installing Python packages globally and run multiple instances of web applications on different versions of Python and Django, on a single machine. It is a containerized way to manage application dependencies for specific use (app) cases. Here is a guide on how to install Virtualenv.

Before we start, we need to create a virtualenv for our app, so open up your Command Prompt (for Windows) or Terminal (for Mac, Linux) and type the following:

virtualenv django_env

Activate (start) the virtual environment

virtualenv venv activate

Install Django in the newly created environment, using pip

(django_env):~$ pip install django