Fuzzy Couscous
A cli tool to bootstrap your django projects and enhance your development experience.
Overview
Fuzzy Couscous is a project that provides a CLI tool based on Django's startproject --template. It aims to simplify the process of bootstrapping Django projects with a modern stack. The project template is inspired by cookiecutter-django but offers a simpler version. The CLI tool also includes additional commands to enhance the Django development experience.
Features
- Django 4+ support
- Python 3.10+ compatibility
- Frontend using htmx with editor support using web-types
- Template fragment with django-template-partials
- Secure production settings with HTTPS only
- Settings management using django-environ
- Login and signup functionality via django-allauth
- Login using email instead of username
- Automatically reload the browser during development with django-browser-reload
- Better development experience with django-fastdev
- Production email integration with Amazon SES via Anymail
- Docker readiness for production deployment
- Optional production cache settings using the CACHE_URL or REDIS_URL environment variables
- Deploying to Caprover with captain-definition
- Performance/error monitoring with Sentry
- Serving static files with Whitenoise
- Default integration with pre-commit for identifying simple issues before code review
- Integrated task runner with Poet
- Dependency management using Poetry (can be replaced by virtualenv using the remove-poetry command)
- Templates available for different variations: main, tailwind, and bootstrap
Summary
Fuzzy Couscous is a convenient CLI tool for bootstrapping Django projects with a modern stack. It offers several features to enhance the development experience and provides templates for different variations. With its easy installation process and comprehensive documentation, it is an excellent tool for Django developers looking to streamline their project setup.
- 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.
- Templates & Themes
A template or theme refers to a pre-designed layout or structure that provides a basic framework for building a specific type of application or website. It typically includes good design, placeholder content and functional features, allowing developers to customize and fill in the details according to their specific needs.