Django Template Project

This project is intended to provide a nice and comfortable way to start a new project with Django and it's common settings.

Project setup (Windows)

• Install a database(use only one of these methods):
  1. Bare metal install:
     • download and install PostgreSQL
     • open your database client (such as pgAdmin) and create a user with a password, such as root and password toor
     • create a new database and give it a name (for example template) and set collation to UTF-8
  2. Using Docker (if you have Windows Home edition then install Docker for Win 10 Home):
     • download and install Docker
     • open a CMD or Git Bash Shell and go (change directory / cd) to the database folder of this project
     • run dir in CMD or ls in Git Bash Shell and if you don't see docker-compose.yml file then you're in the wrong directory. Try again...
     • if you see docker-compose.yml file, then run docker network create pdb and then docker-compose up -d
     • open in browser localhost:8085, log in with admin@example.com username and admin password
     • create a new database and give it a name (for example template) and set collation to UTF-8
• Install Python and make sure to select Add Python 3.9 to PATH when installation wizard appears
• Copy template.config.yml to config.yml and add your specific configuration. The most important ones are SECRET_KEY, DB_NAME ,DB_PASSWORD
• Run setup.bat