Build an eCommerce website with Python + Django

Welcome back! Python is an awesome programming language used for tons of different things, including web development, so let’s build out a sample website with Python! This specific project uses the Django framework, we are going to be doing a high-level overview of a pre-existing project hosted on GitHub (please give full credit to the originator of the code):

justdjango/django-simple-ecommerce

Let’s go ahead and look over the code!

The Code

Starting off, the code is broken down into seven different files, an ecom folder, a static folder, a templates folder, a readme file, the manage.py file, and a requirements text file:

Within the ecom folder we have several different python files (and a .env file):