Django Base Site
The Django Base Site is an opinionated starter template designed to accelerate the development of new Django projects. It incorporates best practices, modern tooling, and pre-configured packages to save developers time and effort.
Key features include:
- Best Practices: Incorporates recommended configurations and project structure.
- Docker Support: Uses Docker and Docker Compose for easy development and production deployment.
- JSON Logging: Configured for structured logging using JSON for better parsing and analysis.
- Testing Tools: Includes pytest, pytest-django, pytest-cov, Model Bakery, and Django Test Plus for comprehensive testing.
- Code Quality Tools: Integrates Ruff, Mypy, djLint, Stylelint, and Eslint for code formatting, linting, and type checking.
- Frontend Integration: Uses Bootstrap 5 and Vite for modern frontend development.
- Documentation: Uses MkDocs for documentation, with Material theme and plugins.
Use cases:
- Quickly starting new Django projects with a solid foundation.
- Enforcing consistent coding standards and project structure across teams.
- Simplifying deployment to production environments.
- Providing a learning resource for Django best practices.
