Nanodjango Compose

nanodjango-compose is a library of plugins that let you convert your nanodjango app to a production-ready Django project with maximum flexibility, and a minimum of fuss.

With Cookiecutter projects and repository templates you can quickly setup a production-ready Django site. However, these can only offer either a limited set of choices or predefined configurations. Since every Django project is different, the minimum set of viable features is often not sufficient and you then have add various chunks of boilerplate or config files. Conversely add too many features and you then waste time removing all the features you don't need.

nanodjango delivers rapid prototyping for Django projects. Once you have the features you want you can then convert your single page app to a full Django project. nanodjango-compose takes this a step further. Using nanodjango's plugin system, you can control the conversion process to add all the features you need for a production-ready site.

Quickstart

Install nanodjango-compose:

pip install nanodjango-compose

Write your nanodjango app in single .py file, importing a plugin for each feature you want to include in the full Django project when it is converted.

from nanodjango import Django

from compose import postgres, sentry

app = Django()

app.pm.register(postgres)
app.pm.register(sentry)

@app.route("/")
def hello_world(request):
    return "<p>Hello, World!</p>"

Save that as hello_world.py, then use nanodjango to run it:

nanodjango run hellow_world.py

This will create migrations and a database, and run your project in development mode. IMPORTANT: Although the plugins to configure the project with PostgreSQL and Sentry, these are only added when the project is converted. Right now nanodjango-compose does not change nanodjango'srun command - so it will still initially create an SQLite database.

• See Command usage for more options

Conversion

Once your project has the initial set of features you want, you can convert it into a full Django site:

nanodjango convert hello_world.py path/to/site

Now the plugins you included will be used to update Django's settings and add any configuration files.

• See Converting to a full Django project for more information

Project Information

• Issues: https://github.com/StuartMacKay/nanodjango-compose/issues
• Repository: https://github.com/StuartMacKay/nanodjango-compose

License

nanodjango-compose is available under the terms of the MIT licence.