starting a django server with cmd

Question

i created a virtual environment for django and im trying to start the server but i keep running into this problem

(Django-8VqULu7_) C:\Users\rondo11\Documents\learn how to program\learning python\Django>py manage.py runserver
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "manage.py", line 10, in main
 from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'django'
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "manage.py", line 21, in <module>
 main()
 File "manage.py", line 16, in main
 ) from exc
ImportError: Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you forget to activate a virtual environment?

what is the problem?

• voodoo-burger: The last line gives you the possible solutions. Are you sure you installed Django in the virtual environment?
• Yash Marmat: you forgot to start virtual environment. if you dont know how to create a virtual environment than steps are below.

Answer 1

Create a virtual evironment

pipenv shell install django install django in virtual environment

pipenv shell to run the virtual environment

python manage.py runserver to start the server