django-my-lib 0.1.7

A handy collection of reusable Django UI components, allowing me to share and integrate elements efficiently across various projects.

django-my-lib 🚀

This project is a test for creating a Django library. 🧩

Installation 📦

You can install the library using pip or poetry:

pip install django-my-lib
# or
poetry add django-my-lib

Configuration ⚙️

Add django_my_lib to the INSTALLED_APPS list in your settings.py:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ... other apps ...
    'django_my_lib',
]

Migrations 🗄️

After installing and configuring, run the following commands:

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

🎉 Done! Your Django library is installed and ready to use.

Running locally as a developer 🖥️

To run the Django project locally during development, follow the steps below:

git clone https://github.com/GustavoRizzo/django-my-lib.git
cd django-my-lib
poetry install
poetry run task run-demo

For a more complete setup, you can run the comands:

poetry run task migrate
poetry run task createsuperuser
# or
poetry run task setup  # that will do the same as above

Tests 🧪

To run the tests, use the command below inside the demo_project directory:

poetry run task test

Linting 🧹

To check for linting issues, use the command below:

poetry run task lint
poetry run task lint-fix  # to fix issues automatically

If using pyenv

To manage Python versions, you can use pyenv. To install pyenv, follow the instructions in the pyenv GitHub repository.

pyenv update
pyenv install 3.12.0
# Activete the virtual environment with the correct Python version
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install pip --upgrade
pip install poetry
poetry install
poetry run task run-demo

Updating and publishing the library 🚢

To update the version, build, and publish your library, use the commands below:

poetry version patch  # to bump the version (e.g.: 0.1.0 → 0.1.1)
poetry build
tar -tzf dist/*.tar.gz | head -20  # to see the files inside the package
poetry publish

Use this project as a template for your own Django library! 🌟

Rename the project and package

To rename the project and package, follow these steps:

1. On github click on the "Use this template" button to create a new repository based on this template. Give it a new name (e.g., django-awesome-lib).

2. Inside the project folder, rename the package folder from django_my_lib to your desired name (e.g., django_awesome_lib).

mv django_my_lib django_awesome_lib

3. Make CTRL+F and replace all occurrences of django_my_lib with django_awesome_lib in the codebase.

4. Rename template folder: On django_awesome_lib/templates, rename the folder from demo_project to your desired name (e.g., demo_awesome_project).

mv django_awesome_lib/templates/django_my_lib django_awesome_lib/templates/django_awesome_lib

5. Make CTRL+F and replace all occurrences of django-my-lib with django-awesome-lib in the codebase.

6. Ajdust the project name in the pyproject.toml file.

[tool.poetry]
name = "django-awesome-lib"
version = "0.1.0"
description = "This project is a test for creating a Django library."
authors = [
    "Your Name <[e-mail]>"
]

7. Adjust README.md to reflect the new project name and package name.

# django-awesome-lib 🚀
[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/django-awesome-lib.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/django-awesome-lib/)
> This my brand new project is a test for creating a Django library. 🧩

8. Now you are free to start developing your new Django library! 🎉