Django Web Template

This is a Django Web Template meant to provide a springboard for creating a django web application with desired functionalities.

Uses best web development practices for 2024 to my knowledge.

Features

• Obfuscation of pertenant data for the web application (see settings.py and environment_template.py).
• Customized settings to fit a user-centric web application with a sqlite3 database for the development environment and PostgreSQL database for the production environment.
• User Registration, Login, and Logout views with endpoints.

Packages Included:

• Django==5.0.6 # Django is a high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.
• psycopg2==2.9.9 # Psycopg is the most popular PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python programming language.
• django-ratelimit=4.1.0 # Django Ratelimit provides a decorator to rate-limit views.

Deployment

Visual Studio

1. Clone the Repository
2. Open in Visual Studio
3. Create a Python Virutal Environment
   CTRL+SHIFT+P
Type: "Environment"
Select: "Create Python Environment."
Select: "venv"
Choose your interpreter.
   If you don't see an interpreter available, install python here
4. Activate your new virtual environment
5. Install required packages from requirements.txt
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   
6. Run the python migrations to create the database
   python manage.py migrate
7. Explore the files, especially settings.py and environment_template.py and configure as you see fit.