First Library App

Creating a Simple Library App

This mini-tutorial will go through the steps to develop a simple library app in an Aristotle Library App project.

Before you begin

1. Follow the directions for downloading and installing the Aristotle Library Apps project.

Django set-up

1. From the command line when you have your development virtual env loaded, create a Django application with the name of your application.

   python manage.py startapp {name-of-your-app}

2. Change directories to your new app directory and create a templates directory

   cd {name-of-your-app}

   mkdir templates

3. Create an assets directory for custom stylesheets, javascript, images, and other media for your app.

   mkdir assets

   Go to the new assets directory

   cd assets

4. In the settings.py file in the aristotle app directory, search for the template directories