Well, the simplest answer is you used the python shell and not the django shell via `python manage.py shell`. The app not being in installed apps gives a slightly different error and migrations have little to do with it as importing a model doesn't hit the database.
So simply use `python manage.py shell`. Or do this: % env DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE='myapp.settings' python Python 3.6.2+ (heads/3.6:95b16a9, Jul 27 2017, 14:00:36) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from kernel.models import Gender Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/home/melvyn/hg/myapp/kernel/models/__init__.py", line 10, in <module> from kernel.fields import * File "/home/melvyn/hg/myapp/kernel/fields.py", line 8, in <module> from kernel.models.base import Country File "/home/melvyn/hg/myapp/kernel/models/base.py", line 8, in <module> class UniquelyNamedDutchEnglishItem(models.Model): File "/home/melvyn/.local/py-env/myapp/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 110, in __new__ app_config = apps.get_containing_app_config(module) File "/home/melvyn/.local/py-env/myapp/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 247, in get_containing_app_config self.check_apps_ready() File "/home/melvyn/.local/py-env/myapp/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 125, in check_apps_ready raise AppRegistryNotReady("Apps aren't loaded yet.") django.core.exceptions.AppRegistryNotReady: Apps aren't loaded yet. >>> import django >>> django.setup() >>> from kernel.models import Gender >>> # tada! On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Oladipupo Elegbede <dipo.elegb...@dipoelegbede.com> wrote: > Did you include your app in the installed apps list in your settings.py > file? > > Did you do the makemigration and migration after creating the model? > > Check these two steps and then try again. That's what I'm suspecting given > the error trace. > > On Sep 13, 2017 7:13 AM, "Abdul-Waris Dawuda" <waris...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone >> >> Am new to Django and am currently facing a problem trying to import a >> class from my models. >> >> i get this error when i try to do that from the Shell. I am using Visual >> Studio. i get this problem when i run my command to import; >> >> >>> from app.models import Artist >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >> File ".\app\models.py", line 8, in <module> >> class Artist(models.Model): >> File >> "C:\Users\Abdul-Waris\source\repos\DjangoWebProject2\DjangoWebProject2\env\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py", >> line 110, in __new__ >> app_config = apps.get_containing_app_config(module) >> File >> "C:\Users\Abdul-Waris\source\repos\DjangoWebProject2\DjangoWebProject2\env\lib\site-packages\django\apps\registry.py", >> line 247, in get_containing_app_config >> self.check_apps_ready() >> File >> "C:\Users\Abdul-Waris\source\repos\DjangoWebProject2\DjangoWebProject2\env\lib\site-packages\django\apps\registry.py", >> line 125, in check_apps_ready >> raise AppRegistryNotReady("Apps aren't loaded yet.") >> django.core.exceptions.AppRegistryNotReady: Apps aren't loaded yet. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/7b86f648-798a-4cb5-8fb9-cf2a7db83dd5%40googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAHjgLX5kzWiAsmEn%2BweL4D-TqezET0QMa-EBTXQH-U0%2BjKRg9Q%40mail.gmail.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Melvyn Sopacua -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CA%2Bgw1GWo%2BYUm%3DUPeZQr75K1OxENJZ7JTPmggpDnekzKUmLStUg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.