Cookiecutter Django

Documentation: https://cookiecutter-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
See Troubleshooting for common errors and obstacles
If you have problems with Cookiecutter Django, please open issues before sending emails to the maintainers. You will get a much, MUCH faster response.

Features

For Django 1.10
Renders Django projects with 100% starting test coverage
Twitter Bootstrap v4.0.0 - alpha 4 (maintained Foundation fork also available)
12-Factor based settings via django-environ
Secure by default. We believe in SSL.
Optimized development and production settings
Registration via django-allauth
Comes with custom user model ready to go
Grunt build for compass and livereload
Send emails via Anymail (using Mailgun by default, but switchable)
Media storage using Amazon S3
Docker support using docker-compose for development and production
Procfile for deploying to Heroku
Instructions for deploying to PythonAnywhere
Works with Python 2.7.x or 3.5.x
Run tests with unittest or py.test
Customizable PostgreSQL version
Experimental support for Amazon Elastic Beanstalk

Optional Integrations

These features can be enabled during initial project setup.

Serve static files from Amazon S3 or Whitenoise
Configuration for Celery
Integration with MailHog for local email testing
Integration with Sentry for error logging
Integration with Opbeat for performance monitoring

Constraints

Only maintained 3rd party libraries are used.
Uses PostgreSQL everywhere (9.2+)
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>=1.4.0"

Now run it against this repo:

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

You'll be prompted for some values. Provide them, then a Django project will be created for you.

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

Answer the prompts with your own desired options. For example:

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 [Project Name]: Reddit Clone
project_slug [reddit_clone]: reddit
author_name [Daniel Roy Greenfeld]: Daniel Greenfeld
email [you@example.com]: pydanny@gmail.com
description [A short description of the project.]: A reddit clone.
domain_name [example.com]: myreddit.com
version [0.1.0]: 0.0.1
timezone [UTC]: America/Los_Angeles
use_whitenoise [y]: n
use_celery [n]: y
use_mailhog [n]: n
use_sentry_for_error_reporting [y]: y
use_opbeat [n]: y
use_pycharm [n]: y
windows [n]: n
use_python3 [y]: y
use_docker [y]: n
use_heroku [n]: y
use_compressor [n]: y
Select postgresql_version:
1 - 9.5
2 - 9.4
3 - 9.3
4 - 9.2
Choose from 1, 2, 3, 4 [1]: 1
Select js_task_runner:
1 - Gulp
2 - Grunt
3 - Webpack
4 - None
Choose from 1, 2, 3, 4 [1]: 1
use_lets_encrypt [n]: n
Select open_source_license:
1 - MIT
2 - BSD
3 - GPLv3
4 - Apache Software License 2.0
5 - Not open source
Choose from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 [1]: 1
use_elasticbeanstalk_experimental: n

Enter the project and take a look around:

$ cd reddit/
$ ls

Create a git 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?

For local development, see the following:

Community

Have questions? Before you ask questions anywhere else, please post your question on Stack Overflow under the cookiecutter-django tag. We check there periodically for questions.
If you think you found a bug or want to request a feature, please open an issue.
For anything else, you can chat with us on Gitter.

For Readers of Two Scoops of Django 1.8

You may notice that some elements of this project do not exactly match what we describe in chapter 3. The reason for that is this project, amongst other things, serves as a test bed for trying out new ideas and concepts. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, but the end result is that it won't necessarily match precisely what is described in the book I co-authored.

"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

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

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.

Submit a Pull Request

We accept pull requests if they're small, atomic, and make our own project development experience better.

Articles

Development and Deployment of Cookiecutter-Django on Fedora - Jan. 18, 2016
Development and Deployment of Cookiecutter-Django via Docker - Dec. 29, 2015
How to create a Django Application using Cookiecutter and Django 1.8 - Sept. 12, 2015
Introduction to Cookiecutter-Django - Feb. 19, 2016
Django and GitLab - Running Continuous Integration and tests with your FREE account - May. 11, 2016

Have a blog or online publication? Write about your cookiecutter-django tips and tricks, then send us a pull request with the link.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the Cookiecutter project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the PyPA Code of Conduct.

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