ochronus / django-starter

A starter for my django projects, with .env, auth and sensible defaults

A batteries-included Django starter project. To learn more try the books Django for Beginners, Django for APIs, and Django for Professionals.

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🚀 Features

• Django 4.2 & Python 3.11
• Install via Pip or Docker
• User log in/out, sign up, password reset via django-allauth
• Static files configured with Whitenoise
• Styling with Bootstrap v5
• Debugging with django-debug-toolbar
• DRY forms with django-crispy-forms
• Custom 404, 500, and 403 error pages

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Table of Contents

• Installation
  • Pip
  • Docker
• Next Steps
• Contributing
• Support
• License

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📖 Installation

DjangoX can be installed via Pip or Docker. To start, clone the repo to your local computer and change into the proper directory.

$ git clone https://github.com/wsvincent/djangox.git
$ cd djangox

Pip

$ python -m venv .venv

# Windows
$ Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
$ .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

# macOS
$ source .venv/bin/activate

(.venv) $ pip install -r requirements.txt
(.venv) $ python manage.py migrate
(.venv) $ python manage.py createsuperuser
(.venv) $ python manage.py runserver
# Load the site at http://127.0.0.1:8000

Docker

To use Docker with PostgreSQL as the database update the DATABASES section of django_project/settings.py to reflect the following:

# django_project/settings.py
DATABASES = {
    "default": {
        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
        "NAME": "postgres",
        "USER": "postgres",
        "PASSWORD": "postgres",
        "HOST": "db",  # set in docker-compose.yml
        "PORT": 5432,  # default postgres port
    }
}

The INTERNAL_IPS configuration in django_project/settings.py must be also be updated:

# config/settings.py
# django-debug-toolbar
import socket
hostname, _, ips = socket.gethostbyname_ex(socket.gethostname())
INTERNAL_IPS = [ip[:-1] + "1" for ip in ips]

And then proceed to build the Docker image, run the container, and execute the standard commands within Docker.

$ docker-compose up -d --build
$ docker-compose exec web python manage.py migrate
$ docker-compose exec web python manage.py createsuperuser
# Load the site at http://127.0.0.1:8000

Next Steps

• Add environment variables. There are multiple packages but I personally prefer environs.
• Add gunicorn as the production web server.
• Update the EMAIL_BACKEND and connect with a mail provider.
• Make the admin more secure.
• django-allauth supports social authentication if you need that.

I cover all of these steps in my three books: Django for Beginners, Django for APIs, and Django for Professionals.

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md.

⭐️ Support

Give a ⭐️ if this project helped you!

License

The MIT License