Im betting you're using Django 1.4x
The layout is different in 1.4. Download the version the book is using
(1.1? https://www.djangoproject.com/download/ bottom right), then all
should work.
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Tom Evans <tevans...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Chris Recher
> <perfectlygenericaddr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm working through the Django book and I've run into an error that
> wasn't
> > predicted. I've got a project called mysite. I used "python manage.py
> > startapp books" to create an app called books inside of it. I added a few
> > models to the models.py file inside books, then tried to use "python
> > manage.py validate". I got "Error: No module named books" in return.
> > __init__.py is perfectly intact in both the second mysite directory and
> the
> > books directory. I've added mysite.books to INSTALLED_APPS. All the
> results
> > I could find searching for this problem deal with someone that's made a
> > spelling mistake somewhere. I've been through my files multiple times,
> and
> > my spelling is pristine. I figure I'm making an obvious, beginner's
> mistake
> > - could anyone help?
> >
>
> Hi Chris
>
> First hint, newlines are free to use! Consider some next time!
>
> Second, Django is an evolving framework. It helps to know what version
> you are using.
>
> Finally, launch the django shell ("python mange.py shell" instead of
> "python manage.py runserver").
> Try to import your module - "import mysite.books" - does it work?
> If it doesn't, does this work? - "import books"
>
> Cheers
>
> Tom
>
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