cookiecutter-django/README.rst

cookiecutter-django
=======================

A cookiecutter_ template for Django.

.. _cookiecutter: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter

Features
---------

* For Django 1.6
* Twitter Bootstrap_ 3
* AngularJS_
* Settings management via django-configurations_
* Registration via django-allauth_
* User avatars via django-avatar_
* Procfile_ for deploying to Heroku
* Heroku optimized requirements
* Basic caching setup
* Grunt build for compass and livereload
* Basic e-mail configurations for send emails via SendGrid_

.. _Bootstrap: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap
.. _AngularJS: https://github.com/angular/angular.js
.. _django-configurations: https://github.com/jezdez/django-configurations
.. _django-allauth: https://github.com/pennersr/django-allauth
.. _django-avatar: https://github.com/jezdez/django-avatar/
.. _Procfile: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/procfile
.. _SendGrid: https://sendgrid.com/


Constraints
-----------

* Only maintained 3rd party libraries are used.
* PostgreSQL everywhere
* Environment variables for configuration (This won't work with Apache/mod_wsgi).


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 https://github.com/pydanny/cookiecutter-django.git

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


**Warning**: After this point, change 'Daniel Greenfeld', 'pydanny', etc to your own information.

It prompts you for questions. Answer them::

    Cloning into 'cookiecutter-django'...
    remote: Counting objects: 550, done.
    remote: Compressing objects: 100% (310/310), done.
    remote: Total 550 (delta 283), reused 479 (delta 222)
    Receiving objects: 100% (550/550), 127.66 KiB | 58 KiB/s, done.
    Resolving deltas: 100% (283/283), done.
    project_name (default is "project_name")? Reddit Clone
    repo_name (default is "repo_name")? redditclone
    author_name (default is "Your Name")? Daniel Greenfeld
    email (default is "Your email")? pydanny@gmail.com
    description (default is "A short description of the project.")? A reddit clone.
    year (default is "Current year")? 2014
    domain_name (default is "Domain name")?


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

Now take a look at your repo. Don't forget to carefully look at the generated README. Awesome, right?

Getting up and running
----------------------

The steps below will get you up and running with a local development environment. We assume you have the following installed:

* pip
* virtualenv
* PostgreSQL

First make sure to create and activate a virtualenv_, then open a terminal at the project root and install the requirements for local development::

    $ pip install -r requirements/local.txt

.. _virtualenv: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/

You can now run the usual Django ``runserver`` command (replace ``yourapp`` with the name of the directory containing the Django project)::

    $ python yourapp/manage.py runserver

The base app will run but you'll need to carry out a few steps to make the sign-up and login forms work. These are currently detailed in `issue #39`_.

.. _issue #39: https://github.com/pydanny/cookiecutter-django/issues/39

**Live reloading and Sass CSS compilation**

If you'd like to take advantage of live reloading and Sass / Compass CSS compilation you can do so with the included Grunt task.

Make sure that nodejs_ is installed. Then in the project root run::

    $ npm install

.. _nodejs: http://nodejs.org/download/

Now you just need::

    $ grunt serve

The base app will now run as it would with the usual ``manage.py runserver`` but with live reloading and Sass compilation enabled.

To get live reloading to work you'll probably need to install an `appropriate browser extension`_

.. _appropriate browser extension: http://feedback.livereload.com/knowledgebase/articles/86242-how-do-i-install-and-use-the-browser-extensions-

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.

Releases
--------

Want a stable release? You can find them at https://github.com/pydanny/cookiecutter-django/releases

**note**: Cookiecutter won't support tagged releases until 0.7.0 comes out, which should be any day! Which means, if you want to use a
tagged release of cookiecutter-django, then you have to install Cookiecutter directly from GitHub. To do that, follow these steps:

1. Enter your virtualenv.
2. Run these commands:

.. code-block:: bash

    (cookiecutter) $ git clone https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter.git
    (cookiecutter) cd cookiecutter
    (cookiecutter) python setup.py develop


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.

.. _cookiecutter: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter
.. _grid: https://www.djangopackages.com/grids/g/cookiecutter/

Or Submit a Pull Request
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I also accept pull requests on this, if they're small, atomic, and if they make my own project development
experience better.