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How to create and register Django models

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Modified files

app/models.py

--- 
+++ 
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
 from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser

-# Create your models here.
+
+ARTICLE_STATUS = (
+    ("draft", "draft"),
+    ("inprogress", "in progress"),
+    ("published", "published"),
+)
+
+
+class UserProfile(AbstractUser):
+    pass
+
+class Article(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    content = models.TextField(blank=True, default="")
+    word_count = models.IntegerField()
+    twitter_post = models.TextField(blank=True, default="")
+    status = models.CharField(
+        max_length=20,
+        choices=ARTICLE_STATUS,
+        default="draft",
+    )
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)

app/admin.py

--- 
+++ 
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
+from app.models import Article, UserProfile

-# Register your models here.
+
+admin.site.register(Article)
+admin.site.register(UserProfile)

djangocourse/settings.py

--- 
+++ 
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
     }
 }

+AUTH_USER_MODEL = "app.UserProfile"
+

 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators