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diff --git a/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md b/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md index 6a97f779..3cfcf871 100644 --- a/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md +++ b/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md @@ -4,20 +4,24 @@ This tutorial will walk you through the building blocks that make up REST framework. It'll take a little while to get through, but it'll give you a comprehensive understanding of how everything fits together. -## Getting started +## Setting up a new environment Before we do anything else we'll create a new virtual environment, using [virtualenv]. This will make sure our package configuration is keep nicely isolated from any other projects we're working on. - mkdir -p ~/.env - virtualenv --no-site-packages ~/.env/djangorestframework - source ~/.env/djangorestframework/env/bin/activate + mkdir ~/env + virtualenv --no-site-packages ~/env/djangorestframework + source ~/env/djangorestframework/bin/activate -Now that we're inside a virtualenv environment, we can install our packages requirements. +Now that we're inside a virtualenv environment, we can install our package requirements. pip install django pip install djangorestframework -Now we're ready to get coding. +***Note:** To exit the virtualenv environment at any time, just type `deactivate`. For more information see the [virtualenv documentation][virtualenv].* + +## Getting started + +Okay, we're ready to get coding. To get started, let's create a new project to work with. django-admin.py startproject tutorial |