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