A shell script to create a clean Django project structure with auto app creation, port management, and conda environment checking.

create_django_project.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Ask for project name
read -p "Enter your Django project name: " project_name

# Check if conda environment is activated
if [ -z "$CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV" ]; then
    echo "❌ Error: No conda environment activated."
    echo "🔹 To create a new environment, you can run:"
    echo "    conda create --name your_env_name python=3.11"
    echo "🔹 Then activate it using:"
    echo "    conda activate your_env_name"
    echo "Please activate a conda environment before running this script."
    exit 1
fi

# Install Django if not installed
pip show django > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Installing Django..."
    pip install django
fi

# Create outer project folder
mkdir "$project_name"
cd "$project_name" || exit

# Create Django project inside (with . to avoid nested folders)
django-admin startproject "$project_name" .

echo "✅ Django project '$project_name' created with clean structure."

# Ask for app name
read -p "Enter your Django app name (leave blank to skip app creation): " app_name

if [ -n "$app_name" ]; then
    # Create app inside the project folder
    python manage.py startapp "$app_name"
    echo "✅ Django app '$app_name' created inside $project_name/."

    # Add 'projectname.appname' into INSTALLED_APPS
    settings_file="$project_name/settings.py"
    
    if grep -q "INSTALLED_APPS" "$settings_file"; then
        sed -i "/INSTALLED_APPS = \[/a \    '$app_name'," "$settings_file"
        echo "✅ Added '$project_name.$app_name' to INSTALLED_APPS in $settings_file."
    else
        echo "⚠️ Couldn't find INSTALLED_APPS in $settings_file. Please add '$project_name.$app_name' manually."
    fi
else
    echo "ℹ️ No app name provided. Skipping app creation."
fi

# Ask if user wants to run migrations now
read -p "Do you want to run initial Django migrations now? (y/n): " migrate_now

if [[ "$migrate_now" == "y" || "$migrate_now" == "Y" ]]; then
    python manage.py migrate
    echo "✅ Django migrations completed."
else
    echo "⚠️ Skipped migrations. You can run later with: python manage.py migrate"
fi

# Ask if user wants to create a superuser now
read -p "Do you want to create a Django superuser now? (y/n): " create_superuser

if [[ "$create_superuser" == "y" || "$create_superuser" == "Y" ]]; then
    python manage.py createsuperuser
    echo "✅ Superuser created."
else
    echo "⚠️ Skipped superuser creation. You can create later with: python manage.py createsuperuser"
fi

# Ask if user wants to run the server now
read -p "Do you want to run the Django development server now? (y/n): " runserver_now

if [[ "$runserver_now" == "y" || "$runserver_now" == "Y" ]]; then
    # Ask for custom port
    read -p "Enter the port number to run server (press Enter for default 8000): " port_number

    # Default to 8000 if no input
    if [ -z "$port_number" ]; then
        port_number=8000
    fi

    echo "🚀 Starting Django server on port $port_number ..."
    python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:"$port_number"
else
    echo "⚠️ Skipped running server. You can start later with: python manage.py runserver"
fi

# Final message
echo "---------------------------------"
echo "🎯 SETUP COMPLETED!"
echo "Project Structure:"
echo "$project_name/"
echo "├── manage.py"
echo "├── $project_name/"
if [ -n "$app_name" ]; then
    echo "│   └── $app_name/"
fi
echo "---------------------------------"