Django 3 Web Development Cookbook - Fourth Edition

Introduction

In this chapter, we will see a few valuable practices to follow when starting a new project with Django 3.0 using Python 3. We have picked the most useful ways to deal with scalable project layout, settings, and configurations, whether using virtualenv or Docker to manage your project.

We are assuming that you are already familiar with the basics of Django, Git version control, MySQL as well as PostgreSQL databases, and command-line usage. We also assume that you are using a Unix-based operating system, such as macOS or Linux. It makes more sense to develop with Django on Unix-based platforms as the Django websites will most likely be published on a Linux server, meaning that you can establish routines that work in the same way, ...