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# Create and activate a virtual env
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate        # Mac/Linux
venv\Scripts\activate           # Windows

# Install Django
pip install django
django-admin --version          # should show 5.x

django-admin startproject flickpick .
python manage.py startapp reviews
python manage.py runserver

flickpick/
├── manage.py               # your command center
├── flickpick/
│   ├── settings.py         # configuration
│   ├── urls.py             # URL routing
│   └── wsgi.py
└── reviews/                # your app
    ├── models.py
    ├── views.py
    └── templates/

from django.db import models

class Movie(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    director = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    release_year = models.IntegerField()
    review = models.TextField()
    rating = models.IntegerField(default=5)  # 1–10
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return f"{self.title} ({self.release_year})"

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

from django.contrib import admin
from .models import Movie

@admin.register(Movie)
class MovieAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ['title', 'director', 'rating', 'created_at']
    search_fields = ['title', 'director']
    list_filter = ['rating']

python manage.py createsuperuser
python manage.py runserver

from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404
from .models import Movie

def movie_list(request):
    movies = Movie.objects.all().order_by('-rating')
    return render(request, 'reviews/movie_list.html', {
        'movies': movies
    })

def movie_detail(request, pk):
    movie = get_object_or_404(Movie, pk=pk)
    return render(request, 'reviews/movie_detail.html', {
        'movie': movie
    })

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.movie_list, name='movie-list'),
    path('movie/<int:pk>/', views.movie_detail, name='movie-detail'),
]

<h1>🎬 Flickpick Reviews</h1>

  <p>No reviews yet. Add some in the admin!</p>

from django import forms
from .models import Movie

class MovieForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Movie
        fields = ['title', 'director', 'release_year',
                  'review', 'rating']
        widgets = {
            'review': forms.Textarea(attrs={'rows': 4}),
            'rating': forms.NumberInput(attrs={'min':1, 'max':10}),
        }

from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views

urlpatterns += [
    path('login/', auth_views.LoginView.as_view(), name='login'),
    path('logout/', auth_views.LogoutView.as_view(), name='logout'),
]

from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required

@login_required
def add_review(request):
    ...

# Get all movies rated 8 or above, newest first
Movie.objects.filter(rating__gte=8).order_by('-created_at')

# Case-insensitive title search
Movie.objects.filter(title__icontains='inception')

# Get or 404 (use in detail views)
movie = get_object_or_404(Movie, pk=42)

# All reviews by the current user
request.user.movie_set.all()