Docker Django React
A local dev full-stack template using docker-compose with Django and React.
Overview
The docker-django-react project is a local development template that combines Django as the backend framework, React as the frontend framework, and NGINX as the server. The project aims to provide an opinionated full-stack setup for developers using Docker-compose. It includes features like hot reload, Django Rest Framework, Docker containers, and support for serving static and media files with NGINX.
Features
- Django v5 as the backend framework
- Django Rest Framework for API development
- Django Rest Framework Simple JWT for authentication
- PyTest for testing the Django app
- Create React App for bootstrapping the React frontend
- Node development server via Docker LTS Alpine image
- Hot reload for efficient development
- Postgres database with Docker v16.1 Alpine image
- NGINX for serving static and media files and handling CORS issues
Summary
The docker-django-react project is a local development template that combines Django, React, and NGINX using Docker-compose. It provides a convenient setup for full-stack development, with features like hot reload, Django Rest Framework, and Docker containers. By using NGINX for handling requests and serving files, the template also addresses CORS issues.
- Django
Django is a high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. It follows the model-view-controller (MVC) architectural pattern, providing an extensive set of built-in tools and conventions to streamline the creation of robust and scalable web applications.
- React
React is a widely used JavaScript library for building user interfaces and single-page applications. It follows a component-based architecture and uses a virtual DOM to efficiently update and render UI components
- Fullstack
A fullstack boilerplate provides a starter application that includes both frontend and backend. It should include database, auth, payments, user roles and other backend services to build a fully featured saas or webapps.
- Docker
A website that uses Docker for containerization to streamline development, testing, and deployment workflows. This includes features such as containerization of dependencies, automated builds and deployments, and container orchestration to ensure scalability and availability.