Notes Django app

This is a Django application example for the "Hands on Django" JDuchess Swiss workshop: http://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-hands-on-django-et-deploiement-sur-le-cloud-avec-heroku-10260767231

You can have a look at the running app here: https://django-notes.herokuapp.com/ (runs on Heroku Europe).

Installation

Requirements:

• Python 2.7.4 + dev (ubuntu package: python-dev)
• PostgreSQL (ubuntu packages: postgresql postgresql-server-dev-?.?, mac os: http://postgresapp.com/)
• ubuntu package: daemontools (for "envdir")
• ubuntu package: pyflakes (for "flake8")
• ubuntu package: virtualenvwrapper (for "mkvirtualenv") (reopen a new shell after install)

Getting the code:

git clone https://github.com/creynaud/jduchess-ch-hands-on-django
cd jduchess-ch-hands-on-django
mkvirtualenv -p python2.7 notes
add2virtualenv .
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

Configuration

The notes server relies on environment variables for its configuration. The required environment variables are:

• DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: set it to notes.settings.
• SECRET_KEY: set to a long random string.
• ALLOWED_HOSTS: space-separated list of hosts which serve the web app. E.g. www.awesomenotes.net awesomenotes.net.
• FROM_EMAIL: the email address that sends automated emails (password lost, etc.). E.g. Notes <[email protected]>.
• DATABASE_URL: a heroku-like database URL. E.g. postgres://user:password@host:port/database. For development, modify the DATABASE_URL in the env director with your project's path if you want to use sqlite. Otherwise put the URL of your postgresql database.
• SMTP_URL: your smtp URL, e.g. //username:password@host:[email protected]

Optionally you can customize:

• DEBUG: set it to a non-empty value to enable the Django debug mode.

"Sync" the db (django):

envdir env python manage.py syncdb
# enter an email for your *admin* user and a password

Then you can run and create stuff manually to see the thing:

envdir env python manage.py runserver
http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin
http://127.0.0.1:8000

Development

Listing available commands:

envdir env python manage.py

Before commiting anything, make sure to:

Run the tests:

envdir env python manage.py test

Run the source code checker:

flake8

The Django debug toolbar is enabled when the DEBUG environment variable is true.

Environment variables for development are set in the env directory.