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Python Django Basics Model Administration What are Models?

Shana HT
Shana HT
3,292 Points
Posted by Shana HT
Shana HT
3,292 Points

I'm confused about how courses is setup. How does the courses know about Course and connect them?

so startapp creates courses settings.py lists app courses makemigration with courses

models.py defines the Course

How and where does it know to connect courses with Course, what am I missing?

1 Answer

Benjamin Lange
Benjamin Lange
16,178 Points
Benjamin Lange
Benjamin Lange
16,178 Points

The connection between them is made by convention. Django knows that your models are defined in the model.py file of each app, so when you make your migrations for the courses app, it uses the model.py file in the courses app to create the Course table in the database.