My project template for bootstrapping django projects.

How to use

django-admin.py startproject --template https://github.com/lyapun/django-template/zipball/master project_name

What included

reqirements.txt

With:

django - no comments.

south - for database migrations.

psycopg2 - for postgresql support.

Pillow - for working with images.

django-annoying - for usefull helpers.

Mock, factory_boy, webtest, django-webtest, django-nose, nose-progressive - for efficient testing.

django-debug-toolbar - Almost for control count of sql queries.

Makefile

I use this for creating usefull commands like make run except typing python manage.py runserver.

####General commands:####

make run - run test server.

make test - run tests. You can specify test: make test test=application.TestCase.test_case But you should write your application names to test paramater in Makefile.

make syncdb - same as python manage.py syncdb

make initmigration app=application_name - init migrations for application using south.

make schemamigration app=application_name - make new migration for application using south.

make migrate - execute migrations using south. You can specify app.

make shell - run django shell.

make clean - delete all *pyc files from project.

Project structure

1. Settings are divided into different files.
2. All applications from requirements.txt already included to INSTALLED_APPS
3. Admin enabled in urls by default.
4. Folders for templates, public, static.

Links for reading

A Humane Python Test Runner