Django

setup

pipenv

To include in project folder, first create .venv folder at project root
```
 mkdir .venv
```
pip install pipenv (otherwise, it will load environment into ~ c: user profile)
```
 pip install pipenv
```
run
```
 pipenv shell
```

django

pipenv install django

create project in folder, creates config in root directory (use dot)

django-admin startproject config .

packages

main

django
Pillow (for file uplaods)
```
  pipenv install pillow
```

WhiteNoise (for serving files)

  pipenv install whitenoise

add to settings.py

  "whitenoise.runserver_nostatic",  (add to INSTALLED_APPS after django apps)
  "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",  (add to MIDDLEWARE after django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware)

api

django-rest-framework
django-cors-headers

database

mysql
```
pipenv install mysqlclient
```
sqlite3
1. copy sqlite3.exe to folder
2. run
```
 sqlite3 shell
```

environment variables

install Decouple
```
pipenv install python-decouple
```
create .env in main project folder (same as settings)

in settings.py

from decouple import config

SECRET_KEY = config('SECRET_KEY')

Static folders

create static directory at root

subdirectories and files

  static/css
  static/css/base.css
  static/images
  static/js
  static/js/app.js

add to settings.py under STATIC_URL

  STATIC_URL = "/static/"
  STATICFILES_DIRS = [BASE_DIR / "static"]
  STATIC_ROOT = STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
  STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"

for production, run
```
  py manage.py collectstatic
```

Media folders

/media

add to settings.py

  MEDIA_URL = "media/"
  MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "media/"

add to root urls file

  urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

Templates

add /templates

  templates/base.html
  templates/navbar.html

in settings, in TEMPLATES in DIRS add
```
 BASE_DIR / 'templates'
```

Deployment

Setup Python App
In setup
- Select Python Version 3.9.12?
- Application Root is the directory where you will place the code files of your Django project. Make sure that it is a different folder than your domain root.
- Application URL is the domain or subdomain where your app will run
- In the Application Startup File, type “passenger_wsgi.py”
- In the Application Entry Point, type “application”
Setup Database
Upload project

Edit the passenger_wsgi.py file

 delete all, then add
 from [project folder containing settings.py].wsgi import application

Edit settings.py
```
 ALLOWED_HOSTS, DEBUG
```
In virtual env
```
 pip install pipenv
 pipenv sync
```