1   {% comment %}

2   Getting started

Below you'll find the steps to create a 3rd-party Django app from scratch, using the Maykin Media starting template. The <project_root> is typically placed in your home directory.

mkdir <project_root>
cd <project_root>

Create the virtual environment that holds your copy of Python and relevant libraries:

virtualenv env or virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3.10 env
source env/bin/activate
pip install django~=4.2.0

Start a new Django project, named <project_name>, using the template. This will be your Python import path.

django-admin startproject \
    --template=https://github.com/maykinmedia/default-app/archive/main.zip \
    --extension=py-tpl,rst,gitignore,in,ini,cfg,toml,yml,yaml \
    -x .github \
    --name LICENSE \
    <project_name> .

And then set up the Github actions workflows:

mv dotgithub .github

{% endcomment %}

3   Welcome to {{ project_name }}'s documentation!

Version:	0.1.0
Source:	https://github.com/maykinmedia/{{ project_name }}
Keywords:	<keywords>
PythonVersion:	3.10

<One liner describing the project>

Contents

• 1   {% comment %}
• 2   Getting started
• 3   Welcome to {{ project_name }}'s documentation!
• 4   Features
• 5   Installation
  • 5.1   Requirements
  • 5.2   Install
• 6   Usage
• 7   Local development

4   Features

• ...
• ...

5   Installation

5.1   Requirements

• Python 3.10 or above
• Django 4.2 or newer

5.2   Install

pip install {{ project_name }}

6   Usage

<document or refer to docs>

7   Local development

To install and develop the library locally, use:

.. code-block:: bash

pip install -e .[tests,coverage,docs,release]

When running management commands via django-admin, make sure to add the root directory to the python path (or use python -m django <command>):

export PYTHONPATH=. DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=testapp.settings
django-admin check
# or other commands like:
# django-admin makemessages -l nl