Django Academy · Lesson

Register Apps in INSTALLED_APPS

Make Django aware of your new app.

Django Must Be Told

Creating an app folder is not enough. Django only activates an app once you add it to the INSTALLED_APPS list in settings.

Open settings.py and look near the top for INSTALLED_APPS. It is a plain Python list of strings, one per active app.

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "django.contrib.admin",
]