django-skeleton

A Django skeleton to make setting up a new project quicker

Steps to get up and running:

• Clone repo into local folder (git clone https://github.com/BradyOnTech/django_skeleton.git)

• Open command line and do the following:

  • change directory into the "src" folder
  • create virtual environment and start it
  • pip install -r requirements.txt

• Change name of folder from "BoT-django-skeleton" to whatever you would like

• Change name of project from "project" in the following areas to whatever you would like the project to be called:

  settings.py:

  • ROOT_URLCONF = 'project.urls'
  • WSGI_APPLICATION = 'project.wsgi.application'

  wsgi.py

  • os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'project.settings')

  manage.py

  • os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'project.settings')

• Rename .envExample to .env

• Update .env file in the "src" folder directory

  • Change secret key value by generating a new one with the following:
  • enter "python" in command line to enter python terminal
  • enter "from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key"
  • enter "get_random_secret_key()"
  • copy given secret key into .env file without the leading and following quotes

• To remove this repo as the remote origin:

  • git remote remove origin