rgundeals2 is a new site based on the Django Python framework being developed as a backup to the primary project. Please ping stretch85 with questions/comments.

Housekeeping

We use a "develop" branch for changes and master is production pushes. We roughly follow the git pattern Vincent outlines in this blog post, with focus on keeping the branches fairly clean.

Environment Setup

1. Ensure you have a virtual environment is setup and python 3 (virtualenvwrapper is your friend).

mkvirtualenv rgundeals2 -p python3
python --version

2. Install required Python packages.

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run database migrations.

./manage.py migrate

4. Create a superuser account.

./manae.py createsuperuser

5. Export variables for your development environment (DJ_DEBUG and DATABASE_URL if needed)

export DJ_DEBUG=True
export DATABASE_URL=postgres://USER:PW@HOST:5432/DB_NAME

Development Server

The builtin django server requires debugging to be enabled for serving static files, so make sure to export DJ_DEBUG when running the builtin server.

1. Run the development server and access the web UI at http://localhost:8000/.

export DJ_DEBUG=True
./manage.py runserver

Pre-staging/Heroku testing

We use dokku for the pushing the application, but you can use the heroku client to simulate the environment.

1. Setup environment for testing with heroku client

echo "DJ_DEBUG=True" >> .env

2. Run heroku locally (this will not work if you don't have DJ_DEBUG enabled)

heroku local

Setting up dokku to push

1. Add dokku as a remote :

git