Den Entwicklungsserver mit runserver starten

Django includes a lightweight development server. The runserver command launches your app locally so you can see it in a browser. 🚀

By default the server listens on localhost:8000. Open that address in your browser to reach your running project.

A fresh project greets you with a friendly rocket page. Seeing it means your install and project are working correctly. 🎉

The server watches your files and restarts on changes. This auto-reload means you rarely have to stop and start it manually.

Port 8000 busy? Pass a different number to runserver. The new port lets you run several projects side by side.

To reach the server from another device, bind to 0.0.0.0. Now your phone on the same network can load the page.

Done for now? Press Ctrl+C in the terminal to stop the server cleanly and return to your shell.

The terminal logs every request with its status code, like a 200 for success. This live log is your first debugging tool.

On first run you may see an unapplied migrations warning. It is harmless now and just reminds you to set up the database soon.

This server is for coding, not real traffic. In production you swap to a production server like Gunicorn, which you will meet later.

Always launch runserver from the folder containing manage.py. Run it elsewhere and Django cannot find your project.

You launched runserver, saw the rocket page, changed ports, and learned it is for development only. Your first app is live locally! 🎉