First Django project will not launch - several errrors

Following the instructions in the tutorial to create a Django project, when it gets to the point to launch the application, I am getting multiple errors. I'm not sure it is a configuration issue or something else. I am using Python 3.12 and have the latest version of PyCharm.

Below is the output. Any suggestions?

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2023.3.1\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\django_test_manage.py", line 168, in <module>
   utility.execute()
 File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2023.3.1\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\django_test_manage.py", line 142, in execute
   _create_command().run_from_argv(self.argv)
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\test.py", line 24, in run_from_argv
   super().run_from_argv(argv)
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 412, in run_from_argv
   self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 458, in execute
   output = self.handle(*args, **options)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2023.3.1\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\django_test_manage.py", line 104, in handle
   failures = TestRunner(test_labels, **options)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2023.3.1\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\django_test_runner.py", line 258, in run_tests
   return DjangoTeamcityTestRunner(**options).run_tests(test_labels,
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2023.3.1\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\django_test_runner.py", line 160, in run_tests
   return super(DjangoTeamcityTestRunner, self).run_tests(*args, **kwargs)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\test\runner.py", line 1067, in run_tests
   self.run_checks(databases)
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\test\runner.py", line 989, in run_checks
   call_command("check", verbosity=self.verbosity, databases=databases)
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 194, in call_command
   return command.execute(*args, **defaults)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 458, in execute
   output = self.handle(*args, **options)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\check.py", line 76, in handle
   self.check(
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 485, in check
   all_issues = checks.run_checks(
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\registry.py", line 88, in run_checks
   new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs, databases=databases)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 14, in check_url_config
   return check_resolver(resolver)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 24, in check_resolver
   return check_method()
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 516, in check
   for pattern in self.url_patterns:
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 47, in __get__
   res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 735, in url_patterns
   patterns = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "urlpatterns", self.urlconf_module)
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 47, in __get__
   res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 728, in urlconf_module
   return import_module(self.urlconf_name)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
   return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 994, in exec_module
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\myDjangoProject\urls.py", line 21, in <module>
   path("todo/", include("todo.urls")),
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\urls\conf.py", line 38, in include
   urlconf_module = import_module(urlconf_module)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
   return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 994, in exec_module
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\todo\urls.py", line 2, in <module>
   from . import views
 File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\todo\views.py", line 2, in <module>
   from models import ToDoItem
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'models'

Process finished with exit code 1
 

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5 comments
Hello,
The error seems to originate from myDjangoProject\todo\views.py.
Please share a simplified version of your project (you can upload it here: https://uploads.services.jetbrains.com/ and tell us the upload ID) or take screenshots of your project structure with all the files visible and a screenshot of ./todo/views.py contents and post it here.
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Thanks for the quick response. I have uploaded a compressed, zip folder with the project files. Below is the ID.

 

2023_12_27_yqhkar6iDgv1gDxEs1pVi6

 

Thanks again!

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Hey, 
Thank you for providing the project. 
The problem here is models import in views.py, change it to relative import, and everything should work as expected (from .models import ToDoItem).

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Okay, that works, and I definitely missed the “.” in the code. However, I am now getting a 404 error.

 

The index.html file exists in the templates\todo\ folder so I'm not sure why it wouldn't find it. I'm not sure why the path would be empty, or where I would specify the path. 

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Your view doesn't return any page render. Please check official Django documentation to setup views properly https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/http/views/
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