Django REST API with React App step-by-step
I use PyCharm for python projects and pipenv for package management. Start new PyCharm project named django-rest-react-blog Optionally git init clone gist .gitignore for Django and React projects Main course pipenv install django pipenv install djangorestframework pipenv install ipython --dev django-admin.py startproject bookcase cd bookcase python manage.py startapp mainapp Edit bookcase/settings.py: ... INSTALLED_APPS = [ ... 'rest_framework' ] ... TEMPLATES = [ { ... 'DIRS': [BASE_DIR / 'mainapp-ui/build'], ... }, ] ....