Fix Development Server Warnings and Enhance Project Configuration

[snipher-marube]

Description:

This pull request addresses and resolves several warnings encountered during the development server startup. The changes made improve the overall configuration of the project to ensure a smoother development experience and adherence to Django’s best practices.

Changes Made:

1. Configured DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD Setting:

• Warning fixed

  HINT: Configure the DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD setting or the AppConfig.default_auto_field attribute to point to a subclass of AutoField, e.g. 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'.
  registration.user_type: (models.W042) Auto-created primary key used when not defining a primary key type, by default 'django.db.models.AutoField'.
  HINT: Configure the DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD setting or the RegistrationConfig.default_auto_field attribute to point to a subclass of AutoField, e.g. 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'.

• Resolution Added DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField' to thebase.py settings file. This setting ensures that any auto-created primary keys use BigAutoField by default, avoiding potential issues with primary key type mismatches in the future.

• Code:

  # in base.py
  DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'

3. Ensured Existence of Static Directory:

• Warning Fixed: ?: (staticfiles.W004) The directory '/home/snipher/Open Source Contributions/pingprivately/privateping/PrivatePing/../assets/static' in the STATICFILES_DIRS setting does not exist.
• Resolution: Created the missing static directory under the assets directory. This change ensures that Django’s static file management can find the specified directory, preventing any issues during static file collection and serving.

Impact:

• Improved Configuration: Ensuring DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD is set improves consistency and future-proofs the database schema management.
• Resolved Static File Warning: Creating the static directory as specified inSTATICFILES_DIRS prevents runtime errors related to static file handling.
• Clean Development Logs: By addressing these warnings, the development server logs are cleaner, making it easier for developers to spot and address other potential issues.

Notes:

• Developers are encouraged to verify that their local settings align with these changes, especially if they have custom configurations.
• Further improvements and suggestions are welcome to continue enhancing the project configuration and adherence to best practices.
• Refactored registration templates to inherit from the base template using Jinja, reducing repetition and improving maintainability.
• Refactored code to use BASE_DIR for static file paths instead of os for better readability and consistency.

Summary:

This pull request addresses critical configuration warnings in the Django project, improving the development experience and ensuring adherence to best practices. Please review the changes and merge them if they meet the project standards.

[princekhunt]

@snipher-marube Thanks for the pr.

On it...

[snipher-marube]

@snipher-marube Thanks for the pr.

On it...

Alright Thank you

[princekhunt]

Continuing updation in princekhunt:dev as it required some modification, before it can be merged to main.