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dye

A cookiecutter template for Aptivate Django projects.

Features

Uses standard Aptivate stuff, including

  • dye for deployment.
  • apache/mod_wsgi for the webserver

Constraints

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:

$ pip install cookiecutter

Now run it against this repo:

$ cookiecutter --checkout develop https://github.com/aptivate/dye.git

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

Warning: After this point, change 'Hamish Downer', 'foobacca', etc to your own information.

It prompts you for questions. Answer them:

Cloning into 'cookiecutter-django'...
remote: Counting objects: 49, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (33/33), done.
remote: Total 49 (delta 6), reused 48 (delta 5)
Unpacking objects: 100% (49/49), done.
project_name (default is "dj-project")? redditclone
domain_name: (default is "Domain name")?
author_name: (default is "Your Name")?
email: (default is "Your email")?
description: (default is "A short description of the project.")?
year: (default is "Current year")?
django_type: (default is "normal")?
use_pytest: (default is "no")?

Note that django_type can be normal, minimal or cms - this affects what packages are added.

Enter the project and take a look around:

$ cd redditclone/
$ ls

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:foobacca/redditclone.git
$ git push -u origin master

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

It's time to write the code!!!

"Your Stuff"

Scattered throughout the Python and HTML of this project are places marked with "your stuff". This is where third-party libraries are to be integrated with your project.

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.