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The document outlines the steps to set up a Django project for employee management, including creating a project directory, setting up a virtual environment, and installing necessary packages. It details the creation of a Django project and an 'employees' app, along with configurations for static files and crispy forms. Additionally, it describes the creation of templates and forms for employee management functionalities.

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Django Snippet

The document outlines the steps to set up a Django project for employee management, including creating a project directory, setting up a virtual environment, and installing necessary packages. It details the creation of a Django project and an 'employees' app, along with configurations for static files and crispy forms. Additionally, it describes the creation of templates and forms for employee management functionalities.

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# Create a new directory for our project

mkdir employee_management
cd employee_management

# Create a virtual environment (without SSL for development)


python -m venv venv

# Activate the virtual environment


# On Windows:
venv\Scripts\activate

# Install Django
pip install django

# Install additional packages we'll need:


# crispy-forms for Bootstrap form styling
# python-decouple for environment variables
pip install django-crispy-forms python-decouple

# Create requirements.txt to track our packages


pip freeze > requirements.txt

# Create the Django project


django-admin startproject emp_management

# Create the employees app


python manage.py startapp employees

Now modify emp_management/settings.py:

'employees.apps.EmployeesConfig', # Our employees app


'crispy_forms', # For Bootstrap forms
'crispy_bootstrap5', # Bootstrap 5 template pack

# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)


STATIC_URL = 'static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')]

# Default primary key field type


DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'

# Crispy forms configuration


CRISPY_ALLOWED_TEMPLATE_PACKS = "bootstrap5"
CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = "bootstrap5"

Edit employees/models.py:
Now run the migrations:
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Create a new file employees/forms.py:


Edit employees/views.py:
First, create employees/urls.py:
Then update the project's emp_management/urls.py:
create a templates directory in your project root, and inside it create a employees
directory.

Employee List Template (templates/employees/employee_list.html)


Employee Detail Template (templates/employees/employee_detail.html)
Employee Form Template (templates/employees/employee_form.html)

Delete Confirmation Template (templates/employees/employee_confirm_delete.html)


Creating Static Files
First, create a superuser to access the admin panel:
Run the development server:

def __str__(self):
"""
String representation of the employee.
"""
return f"{self.first_name} {self.last_name} ({self.position})"

what is the use of this.explain step by step

# Labels for the fields


labels = {
'first_name': 'First Name',
'last_name': 'Last Name',
'is_active': 'Currently Employed',
}, why we gave only 3 labels for 3 fields. what about others

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