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+{
+    "python.pythonPath": "/Users/lukebeemer/.local/share/virtualenvs/Intro-Django-QgILiFId/bin/python"
+}
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diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
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+++ b/Pipfile
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+[[source]]
+name = "pypi"
+url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
+verify_ssl = true
+
+[dev-packages]
+
+[packages]
+django = "==2.1.1"
+python-decouple = "*"
+
+[requires]
+python_version = "3.7"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
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+++ b/Pipfile.lock
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+{
+    "_meta": {
+        "hash": {
+            "sha256": "6cc99e745426157299249c9580ab225d3561e5b4801e7a4a5dda98b9388878e9"
+        },
+        "pipfile-spec": 6,
+        "requires": {
+            "python_version": "3.7"
+        },
+        "sources": [
+            {
+                "name": "pypi",
+                "url": "https://pypi.org/simple",
+                "verify_ssl": true
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "default": {
+        "django": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:04f2e423f2e60943c02bd2959174b844f7d1bcd19eabb7f8e4282999958021fd",
+                "sha256:e1cc1cd6b658aa4e052f5f2b148bfda08091d7c3558529708342e37e4e33f72c"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.1.1"
+        },
+        "python-decouple": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:1317df14b43efee4337a4aa02914bf004f010cd56d6c4bd894e6474ec8c4fe2d"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==3.1"
+        },
+        "pytz": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:31cb35c89bd7d333cd32c5f278fca91b523b0834369e757f4c5641ea252236ca",
+                "sha256:8e0f8568c118d3077b46be7d654cc8167fa916092e28320cde048e54bfc9f1e6"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2018.7"
+        }
+    },
+    "develop": {}
+}
diff --git a/djorg/__init__.py b/djorg/__init__.py
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diff --git a/djorg/settings.py b/djorg/settings.py
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+++ b/djorg/settings.py
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+"""
+Django settings for djorg project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 2.1.4.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+import os
+from decouple import config
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = config('SECRET_KEY')
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = config('DEBUG', cast=bool)
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'notes',
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'djorg.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'djorg.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_L10N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
diff --git a/djorg/urls.py b/djorg/urls.py
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+++ b/djorg/urls.py
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+"""djorg URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+]
diff --git a/djorg/wsgi.py b/djorg/wsgi.py
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+++ b/djorg/wsgi.py
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+"""
+WSGI config for djorg project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'djorg.settings')
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
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+++ b/manage.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'djorg.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
diff --git a/notes/__init__.py b/notes/__init__.py
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diff --git a/notes/admin.py b/notes/admin.py
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+++ b/notes/admin.py
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+from django.contrib import admin
+from .models import Note
+from .models import PersonalNote
+
+# Register your models here.
+class NoteAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+	readonly_fields=('created_at', 'last_modified')
+
+admin.site.register(Note, NoteAdmin)
+admin.site.register(PersonalNote)
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diff --git a/notes/apps.py b/notes/apps.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/apps.py
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+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class NotesConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'notes'
diff --git a/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py b/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py
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+++ b/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py
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+# Generated by Django 2.1.4 on 2018-12-04 23:10
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import uuid
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Note',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.UUIDField(default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False, primary_key=True, serialize=False)),
+                ('title', models.CharField(max_length=200)),
+                ('content', models.TextField(blank=True)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/notes/migrations/0002_initial.py b/notes/migrations/0002_initial.py
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+++ b/notes/migrations/0002_initial.py
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+# Generated by Django 2.1.4 on 2018-12-04 23:31
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.utils.timezone
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('notes', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='note',
+            name='created_at',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, default=django.utils.timezone.now),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='note',
+            name='last_modified',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/notes/migrations/0003_personalnote.py b/notes/migrations/0003_personalnote.py
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index 000000000..fb2afeb37
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+++ b/notes/migrations/0003_personalnote.py
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+# Generated by Django 2.1.4 on 2018-12-04 23:40
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+        ('notes', '0002_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='PersonalNote',
+            fields=[
+                ('note_ptr', models.OneToOneField(auto_created=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, parent_link=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, to='notes.Note')),
+                ('user', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+            bases=('notes.note',),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/notes/migrations/__init__.py b/notes/migrations/__init__.py
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index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/notes/models.py b/notes/models.py
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+++ b/notes/models.py
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+from django.db import models
+from uuid import uuid4
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+# Create your models here.
+
+class Note(models.Model):
+    id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid4, editable=False)
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
+    content = models.TextField(blank=True)
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    last_modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
+
+class PersonalNote(Note):
+    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
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diff --git a/notes/tests.py b/notes/tests.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/tests.py
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+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/notes/views.py b/notes/views.py
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index 000000000..91ea44a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.