django-project

Based on 'django-twoscoops-project'

A project template adjusted for:

• Python 3.4
• Django 1.7
• Jinja2 templating system
• django-ckeditor

To use this project follow these steps:

1. Create your working environment
2. Install Django
3. Create the new project using this template
4. Install additional dependencies

note: these instructions show creation of a project called "icecream". You should replace this name with the actual name of your project.

Working Environment

Create a virtual working environment:

$ pyvenv icecream

This will install a Python 3.4 environment in the current location (e.g. /home/user/...).

You will also need to ensure that the pyvenv has the project directory added to the path. Adding the project directory will allow django-admin.py to be able to change settings using the --settings flag.

Installing Django

To install Django in the new virtual environment, run the following command:

$ pip install django

Creating your project

To create a new Django project called 'icecream' using this django-project, run the following command:

$ django-admin.py startproject --template=https://github.com/LahanAR/django-project/archive/master.zip --extension=py,rst,html icecream

Installation of Dependencies

Depending on where you are installing dependencies:

In development:

$ pip install -r requirements/dev.txt

For production:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

note: We install production requirements this way because many Platforms as a Services expect a requirements.txt file in the root of projects.

Based on

This project follows some of the best practices as espoused in Two Scoops of Django: Best Practices for Django 1.6.