Django project template

This project template creates a Django 1.8 / 1.9 project with a base set of applications

Features

Installed apps:

• Django 1.8+
• MySQLdb or Psycopg2
• Pillow
• SORL-Thumbnail
• IPython + ptpython
• Raven
• django-analytical
• django-axes
• django-admin-tools
• django-compressor
• django-crispy-forms
• django-debugtools
• django-filebrowser-no-grapelli
• django-fluent-dashboard
• django-ping

Configured URLs:

• /robots.txt
• /sitemap.xml
• /admin/

Templates:

• base.html
• 403.html
• 404.html
• 500.html

Features:

• Settings package
• WSGI deployment scripts
• CSS and JavaScript paths configured
• HTML5shiv + jQuery Installed
• Bootstrap 3 based CSS reset
• Gulpfile with SASS + LiveReload setup (can be discarded)
• Uptime monitoring URL (/api/ping/)

Usage

Create a Django project:

mkdir my-website.com
cd my-website.com
django-admin.py startproject mywebsite . -e py,rst,example,gitignore --template=https://github.com/edoburu/django-project-template/archive/master.zip

Alternatively, you can place the files in a src folder too:

mkdir -p my-website.com/src
cd my-website.com
django-admin.py startproject mywebsite src -e py,rst,example,gitignore --template=https://github.com/edoburu/django-project-template/archive/master.zip

This allows you to create folders like docs, web, logs, etc at the toplevel. This setup is recommended.

The remaining instructions - to start the development server - can be found in the generated README.rst file.

Django-fluent template

In a second branch, you'll find a project template for the django-fluent CMS:

mkdir my-website.com
cd my-website.com
django-admin.py startproject mywebsite . -e py,rst,example,gitignore --template=https://github.com/edoburu/django-project-template/archive/django-fluent.zip

Optional features

As extra treat, the CSS files are easier to edit using SASS. Changes are automatically visible in the browser using LiveReload.

Note

This feature is optional. If you don't like to use it, the project already has a screen.css file which can be used and edited. Feel free to remove those files in your own projects or fork (gulpfile.js, package.json, and frontend/sass). However, we highly recommended to take a look at it.

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{{ project_name|title }} Project

About

Describe your project here.

Prerequisites

• Python >= 2.7
• pip
• virtualenv (virtualenvwrapper is recommended)

Installation

To setup a local development environment:

virtualenv env --prompt="({{ project_name }})"  # or mkvirtualenv {{ project_name }}
source env/bin/activate

pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
edit {{ project_name }}/settings/project.py    # Enter your DB credentials
cp {{ project_name }}/settings/local.py.example {{ project_name }}/settings/local.py  # To enable debugging

sudo su - postgres
createuser {{ project_name }}  -P   # testtest is the default password
createdb --template=template0 --encoding='UTF-8' --lc-collate='en_US.UTF-8' --lc-ctype='en_US.UTF-8' --owner={{ project_name }} {{ project_name }}
exit

./manage.py migrate
./manage.py runserver

Compiling SASS files

Sass files are compiled to CSS during the development. At the server, there is no need for installing development tools.

To setup your development system, install NodeJS from https://nodejs.org/. On Mac OSX, you can also use brew install libsass node.

Run the following command to compile SASS files:

npm run gulp

This will compile the files, and watch for changes. It also has LiveReload support. Install a browser plugin from: http://livereload.com/extensions/ and toggle the "LiveReload" button in the browser to see CSS changes instantly.

License

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