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title: "2010 12 04 my first djangy project local testing"
description: "In my [previous post](http://www.cloudartisan.com/2010/12/my-first-djangy-project-initial-testing/) I knocked out some simple code and pushed it straight to Djangy. I didn't even test it locally first (_gosh shock horror aghast_)! Well, that must end... now."
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# 2010 12 04 my first djangy project local testing
In my [previous post](http://www.cloudartisan.com/2010/12/my-first-djangy-project-initial-testing/) I knocked out some simple code and pushed it straight to Djangy. I didn't even test it locally first (_gosh shock horror aghast_)! Well, that must end... now.

## Overview

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title: My first Djangy project (local testing)
date: 2010-12-04
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In my [previous post](http://www.cloudartisan.com/2010/12/my-first-djangy-project-initial-testing/) I knocked out some simple code and pushed it straight to Djangy. I didn't even test it locally first (_gosh shock horror aghast_)! Well, that must end... now.

A Djangy project is, in it's heart of hearts, a Django project that you've shoved out your door into the big bad world. And the great thing about Django projects... you can run them locally for testing.

Simply go to your project's directory. In there you'll find `manage.py`. This handy script will do a lot of project management tasks, but the main one I'm interested in is running a local version of my project.


~~~console
david@continuity:~/Git/djangy/rightscalefeed/rightscalefeed$ python manage.py runserver
Validating models...
0 errors found  
Django version 1.2.3, using settings 'rightscalefeed.settings'
Development server is running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.
~~~

It's as simple as that. When I visit the address I can see my site is working.  I can also go back to my terminal and check the log:

~~~console
[04/Dec/2010 05:19:36] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 1001
~~~

In this installment I've shown how easy it is to test your Djangy site locally before pushing it out the door. Stay tuned, next time I'll tackle something more meaty: user registration.

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Cheers!

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