Hacker News is a very cool community. It’s where all the coolest new things are being shared. Have you ever thought about building your own version of the site?

In this Django tutorial I will show you how to build a simple Hacker News clone using Django 3. I will begin by setting up a virtual environment to work in and then build the project piece by piece.

I hope this sounds like an exciting project to build. You should be able to follow along this video, even if you’re a beginner. I try to explain everything I do, but if you have a question or you’re stuck, feel free to leave a comment below :-)

Todo list for this video:

• Create and setup a virtual environment and install Django.
• Create a new django project and create folders for the base structure
• Create a django app for the core views and base template for the whole application
• Make it possible to sign up, login and log out
• Create a django app for the stories (submissions)
• Make it possible to submit a story
• Show the best stories on the frontpage
• Show the newest stories on a “newest” page
• Make it possible to vote on a story
• Show the detail view of a story
• Make it possible to comment on a story
• View profile (username, number votes)
• Create page to see your votes
• Create page to see submissions
• Create a simple search

Source code (GitHub)
https://github.com/SteinOveHelset/codingnews

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