DjangoBase

The easiest way to start a Django web project.

Instructions:

1. Run python setup.py project_name install_directory
2. After installation is complete, go to the install_directory
3. Run source venv/bin/activate
4. Run python manage.py runserver
5. Enjoy!

Features:

• Simple and intuitive project folder layout
• Proper Django custom user model setup
• AJAX view endpoint decorator
• Environment-sensitive settings files
• LESS setup for modular front-end design
• Pylint and PEP8 code quality check
• Production settings template with Boto, Amazon S3, and Django-Compressor

Heroku Production Setup:

1. Run heroku config:add PROJECT_NAME_ENV=PROD --app app_name
2. Add AWS information in "config/settings_prod.py"
3. Create an Amazon S3 bucket called "project_name"
4. Run heroku config:add S3_BUCKET_NAME=project_name --app app_name
5. Run heroku config:add AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_access_key_id --app app_name
6. Run heroku config:add AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_secret_access_key --app app_name
7. Run git push git@heroku.com:app_name.git master
8. Run heroku run python manage.py syncdb --app app_name
9. Run heroku run python manage.py migrate --app app_name
10. Run heroku run python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --app app_name
11. Run heroku run python manage.py createsuperuser --app app_name
12. Your production site should now be running at app_name.herokuapp.com. Enjoy!