PLEASE NOTE

I moved the code to a brand new repo as pydanny's and mine have been created for different purposes.

This space will not be updated so please go to https://github.com/marcofucci/cookiecutter-simple-django and watch / fork that repo instead.

cookiecutter-django

A cookiecutter template for Django.

Description

Lighter version of the Daniel Greenfeld's cookiecutter-django.

It uses the latest stable versions and it only defines a skeleton which can be extended as needed.

Usage

Let's pretend you want to create a Django project called "redditclone". Rather than using startproject and then editing the results to include your name, email, and various configuration issues that always get forgotten until the worst possible moment, get cookiecutter to do all the work.

First, get cookiecutter. Trust me, it's awesome:

Set up your virtualenv:

$ cd <your-envs-folder>
$ virtualenv  --no-site-packages redditclone
$ cd redditclone
$ source bin/activate
$ pip install cookiecutter

Now run it against this repo:

$ cd <your-workspace>
$ cookiecutter  https://github.com/marcofucci/cookiecutter-simple-django.git

You'll be prompted for some questions, answer them, then it will create a Django project for you.

Warning: After this point, change 'Marco Fucci', etc to your own information.

It prompts you for questions. Answer them:

Cloning into 'cookiecutter-django'...
remote: Counting objects: 443, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (242/242), done.
remote: Total 443 (delta 196), reused 419 (delta 176)
Receiving objects: 100% (443/443), 119.91 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (196/196), done.
project_name (default is "project_name")? redditclone
repo_name (default is "repo_name")? redditclone
author_name (default is "Your Name")? Marco Fucci
email (default is "Your email")? <your-email>
description (default is "A short description of the project.")? A reddit clone
year (default is "Current year")? 2013

Enter the project and take a look around:

$ cd redditclone/
$ ls
$ pip install -r requirements/local.txt
$ python ./manage.py syncdb
$ python ./manage.py migrate
$ python ./manage.py runserver

and load localhost:8000/admin

Create a GitHub repo and push it there:

$ git init
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "first awesome commit!"
$ git remote add origin git@github.com:marcofucci/redditclone.git
$ git push -u origin master

Now take a look at your repo. Awesome, right?

It's time to write the code!!!

Not Exactly What You Want?

This is what I want. It might not be what you want. Don't worry, you have options:

Fork This

If you have differences in your preferred setup, I encourage you to fork this to create your own version. Once you have your fork working, let me know and I'll add it to a 'Similar Cookiecutter Templates' list here. It's up to you whether or not to rename your fork.

If you do rename your fork, I encourage you to submit it to the following places:

• cookiecutter so it gets listed in the README as a template.
• The cookiecutter grid on Django Packages.

Or Submit a Pull Request

I also accept pull requests on this, if they're small, atomic, and if they make my own project development experience better.