Azure and Django overview

Starting with the 1.5 release, PTVS supports Django and cloud computing on Azure!

For a Video walkthrough please watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsLti4KlgAY

You can use PTVS to develop / edit / debug Django apps with or without using Azure.  PTVS has built in support for deployment to Azure. 

Azure itself supports multiple languages and app architectures:

• C#/.Net, C++, Java, Node.js, Python, ...
• "Cloud Service", "Web Sites", VMs (Windows & Linux)
• IPython notebook backed by a Windows or Linux based engine in Azure
• etc.

Full documentation on these topics, including installation are available on Azure webpages at: https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/python

Using Django with PTVS

For full documentation on Django itself please see https://www.djangoproject.com/ .

[Note: you need to have a CPython interpreter installed prior to using the Django features of PTVS]

You can use PTVS to create, edit, debug and deploy your Django project. While the Edit/Debug features are Cloud independent, built-in deployment support currently is limited to Windows Azure. 

On Azure you can run Django on Windows and Linux VM’s, or run it as a “Cloud Service”.   PTVS’s built-in support for deployment to Azure uses the Cloud Service model.  On Windows Azure / Cloud Service, IIS + FastCGI is used along with our own WFastCGI script to handle requests.   You can also setup Django with Apache, etc.  but there isn’t built-in support for it.

The following features are currently supported:

Creating a Django Application:

Django Templates:

Template Intellisense

Debugging:

Running in the local Windows Azure Emulator and Publishing to the cloud:

For a complete walkthrough of the features and deployment to Windows Azure, please see:  https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/python/tutorials/django-with-visual-studio/.