What is created by startproject?

By passing the two arguments to django-admin.py, startproject, and chapter12 (the name of the project), a folder is created with a number of scripts and subfolders. The outer (root) folder is called chapter12, and it contains an important script called manage.py, and a folder also called chapter12, which is the project folder:

Inside the project folder are some important scripts, including settings.py and urls.py:

These files are default placeholders, waiting for us to configure our project and applications. ...

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