Rocket Django

TailwindCSS • Flowbite • API (DRF) • Celery Beat • DataTables • Charts • Docker • CI/CD

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Features

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Why Rocket Django

Supercharge your app instantly, launch faster, make $

Login users, process payments and send emails at lightspeed. Spend your time building your startup, not integrating APIs. Rocket Django provides you with the boilerplate code you need to launch, FAST.

Rocket your startup in days, not weeks

The Django boilerplate has all you need to build your SaaS, Analytics tool, or any other type of Web App. From idea to production in 5 minutes.

48+ hours of headaches

• 1 hrs to setup the project
• 2 hrs integrate tooling
• 10 hr for coding Datatables
• 5 hr for having thr Charts
• 2 hrs for Docker
• ∞ hrs overthinking...
• Free Support via Email & Discord

Download Sources

The product can be downloaded from the official page or GitHub using GIT:

$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/rocket-django.git
$ cd rocket-django

Once the sources are available in the local filesystem, we can start the project using Docker or manual build.

Start with Docker

# Optional (kill all existing containers)
$ docker container kill $(docker ps -q) ; docker container rm $(docker ps -a -q) ; docker network prune -f 
# Start the APP
$ docker-compose up --build 

Visit http://localhost:5085 in your browser. The app should be up & running. The starter comes with two default users:

• Ordinary user: test / test@appseed.us / Pass12__ (the password)
• Django SuperUser (admin): admin / admin@appseed.us / Pass12__ (the password)

Once authenticated with the above credentials, the sidebar shows different items.

Manual Build

👉 Create .env from env.sample

DEBUG=False

SECRET_KEY=<STRONG_KEY_HERE>

👉 Install Django modules via VENV

$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

👉 Install Tailwind/Flowbite (another terminal)

Tested with Node v18.20.0 (use at least this version or above)

$ npm install
$ npm run dev
$ npx tailwindcss -i ./static/assets/style.css -o ./static/dist/css/output.css --watch # DEVELOPMENT (LIVE reload)
$ npx tailwindcss -i ./static/assets/style.css -o ./static/dist/css/output.css         # PRODUCTION

👉 Migrate DB

$ python manage.py makemigrations
$ python manage.py migrate

👉 Create Superuser & Start the Rocket Django Starter

$ python manage.py createsuperuser # create the admin
$ python manage.py runserver       # start the project

At this point, we can start using the starter.

Use MySql

By default, the starter uses SQLite for persistence. In order to use MySql, here are the steps:

• Start the MySql Server
• Create a new DataBase
• Create a new user with full privileges over the database
• Install the MySql Python Driver (used by Django to connect)
  • $ pip install mysqlclient
• Edit the .env with the SQL Driver Information & DB Credentials

DB_ENGINE=mysql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_NAME=<DB_NAME_HERE>
DB_USERNAME=<DB_USER_HERE>
DB_PASS=<DB_PASS_HERE>
DB_PORT=3306

Once the above settings are done, run the migration & create tables:

$ python manage.py makemigrations
$ python manage.py migrate

Production Build

To use the starter in production mode, here are the steps:

• Set DEBUG=False in .env
• Execute collectstatic command
  • $ python manage.py collectstatic --no-input

As a model, feel free to take a look at build.sh, the file executed by the CI/CD flow for Render:

Deploy on Render

• Create a Blueprint instance
  • Go to https://dashboard.render.com/blueprints this link.
• Click New Blueprint Instance button.
• Connect the repo that you want to deploy.
• Fill the Service Group Name and click on the Update Existing Resources button.
• Edit the Environment and specify the PYTHON_VERSION
  • Version 3.11.5 was used for this deployment
• After that, your deployment will start automatically.

At this point, the product should be LIVE.

Codebase

< PROJECT ROOT >
   |
   |-- core/                 # Project Settings 
   |    |-- settings.py 
   |    |-- wsgi.py     
   |    |-- urls.py     
   |
   |-- home/                 # Presentation app 
   |    |-- views.py         # serve the HOMEpage  
   |    |-- urls.py     
   |    |-- models.py
   |
   |-- apps/                 # Utility Apps 
   |    |-- common/          # defines models & helpers
   |    |    |-- models.py   
   |    |    |-- util.py 
   |    |-- users            # Handles Authentication 
   |    |-- api              # DRF managed API
   |    |-- charts           # Showcase Different Charts
   |    |-- tables           # Implements DataTables
   |    |-- tasks            # Celery, async processing
   |
   |-- templates/            # UI templates 
   |-- static/               # Tailwind/Flowbite 
   |    |-- src/             # 
   |         |-- input.css   # CSS Styling
   |
   |-- Dockerfile            # Docker
   |-- docker-compose.yml    # Docker 
   |
   |-- render.yml            # CI/CD for Render
   |-- build.sh              # CI/CD for Render 
   |
   |-- manage.py             # Django Entry-Point
   |-- requirements.txt      # dependencies
   |-- .env                  # ENV File
   |
   |-- *************************************************      

License

@MIT

Rocket Django - Open-source starter styled with Tailwind/Flowbite actively supported by AppSeed.