django-project-template

Features:

• deploy script for deployment to debian/ubuntu (with nginx, supervisor, fastcgi) servers via rsync
• all system configs (cron, logrotate, etc) located in project folder system/ and symlinked after deploy
• virualenv for developer and production
• system/requirements.txt for pip and system/debian.txt for debian packages
• shortcut runserver-dev.sh (with localsettings.py inherited from settings.py)
• shortcut test-dev.sh for testing (PEP8 checking inside, testsettings.py inherited from localsettings.py)
• one simple page ("It works!") out of the box (ideal for one-page django expetiments)
• folders for commands and templatetags
• .gitignore and .hgignore
• etc

Mac OS X prerequirements:

brew install python nodejs
npm install -g bower

Ubuntu/Debian prerequirements:

sudo apt-get install -y python-dev nodejs npm
npm install -g bower

Usage:

read -p "Enter app name: " appname && django-admin.py startproject --template=http://goo.gl/r6sAa -e sh,conf,sql -n base.html ${appname} && cd ${appname} && find . -name \*.sh -type f -exec chmod +x {} \; && chmod +x src/manage.py && rm README.md && ./upgrade-requirements.sh && ./runserver-dev.sh

Conventions:

• suffix "-dev" = "for development only"