CS50W Wiki project: How to start the Django server after uploading distribution code and installing/activating dependencies through requirements.txt

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Source: https://cs50.harvard.edu/web/2020/projects/1/wiki/

After uploading the distribution code into Codespace and installing Python and third party dependencies (including first of all of course Django) through requirements.txt, it is needed to run:

pip install -r requirements.txt

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Next step would be to start Django server?

How to start this. I am not sure which of the two to follow:

First way:

Second way (suggested by an AI tool):

Start the Django Development Server: Use the Django manage.py script to start the development server. Run:

python manage.py runserver

Ran this command:

$ python manage.py runserver

Getting this error on terminal:

@SplendidDigital ➜ /workspaces/wiki (main) $ $ python manage.py runserver
bash: $: command not found
@SplendidDigital ➜ /workspaces/wiki (main) $

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Actually I was in the wrong directory. After cd wiki, applied the command as in wiki directory manage.py exists.

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