pxfskjp/Django-ecommerce

shoestring

A very simple Single Page App eCommerce solution for Django

Installation

Requires Python3 and Postgresql

Frontend

Go into the frontend/ directory

Install required Node packages:

$ npm install

Build the front end

$ npm run build

This will put the new files in the static directory of the shoestring app.

Backend

Install package and requirements:

$ pipenv
$ pip install shoestring/requirements.txt

Start a Django project:

$ django-admin startproject shop
$ cd shop

Add shoestring apps to INSTALLED_APPS

$ vi shop/settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
  ...
  'shoestring',
  'shoestring.accounts',
  'shoestring.products',
  'shoestring.orders',
  'shoestring.payments',
  'easy_thumbnails',
]

Update the database settings:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'shoestring',
    }
}

Use our User model:

AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'accounts.User'

Add default easy-thumbnails settings:

THUMBNAIL_ALIASES = {
    '': {
        'product-list': {
            'size': (90, 120),
            'upscale': True,
            'crop': 'auto'
        },
    },
}

Hook in the urls:

$ vi shop/urls.py

path('shop/', include(('shoestring.urls', 'shoestring'), namespace='shoestring')),

Prime the database

$ ./manage.py migrate
...
$ ./manage.py runserver