Small repo showing how to use Django and RethinkDB together. App uses Tornado for websockets, RethinkDB for messages, and Django users (with MySQL) for authentication.
git clone ...
virtualenv venv
pip install
python manage.py migrate
export PYTHONPATH=.;export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=django_and_rethinkdb.settings; python django_and_rethinkdb/tornado_main.py