Django project layout

[acbalingit]

I'm proposing that the directories be restructured so that the apps would be consistent and portable. Instead of the top-directory containing the project files and the sample data, the top level should already already contain the apps:

* README.md
* manage.py
* BigVASP/              ## from myproject
  -- settings.py
  -- urls.py
  -- wsgi.py
  -- templates/
       -- base.html
       -- index.htm
  -- static/                 ## static assets for the frontend (css/js/img)
* vasp_handler/       ## the parser as a separate app, containing pages that uploads data
  -- urls.py
  -- forms.py
  -- models.py
  -- views.py
  -- extract_vasp.py
  -- templates/
* userauth               ## login pages
  -- models.py
  -- views.py
  -- urls.py
  -- templates/
      -- login.html
      -- user.html
      -- admin.html
* tests/
  -- sample_data/

I'll make a pull request that incorporates this and see if all agrees with how the files would be arranged.

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Jeff Knupp, Starting a Django 1.6 Project the Right Way

[andres-root]

I like that structure. Much better than the current version.

[andres-root]

I have some things ready in my side, like user authentication and some of the parser. I have a question, why no to use one single directory for the templates and static instead one inside each app?

`

• README.md
• manage.py
• BigVASP/ ## from myproject
  • settings.py
  • urls.py
  • wsgi.py
• vasp_handler/ ## the parser as a separate app, containing pages that uploads data
  • urls.py
  • forms.py
  • models.py
  • views.py
  • extract_vasp.py
• userauth ## login pages
  • models.py
  • views.py
  • urls.py
• tests/
• static/
• templates/
  • BigVASP/
  • vasp_handler/
  • userauth/ `

[andres-root]

This is the structure I'm using now.

`

• README.md
• manage.py
• requirements.txt
• bigvasp/
  • settings.py
  • urls.py
  • wsgi.py
• uploader/ ## the parser
  • migrations/
  • urls.py
  • forms.py
  • models.py
  • views.py
  • tests.py
  • extract_vasp.py
• authsys ## authentication system
  • migrations/
  • models.py
  • views.py
  • tests.py
  • urls.py
• static/
• media/
• tmp/
• templates/
  • base/
  • authsys/
  • uploader/ `

[acbalingit]

It's okay to place all the template files in a single folder along with the apps, placing the templates and static files on separate apps is more of a personal preference in making things modular, e.g. if you have an existing authsys app from another app, you could reuse it to a new app by simply dropping the folder into the project carrying together the templates and static files, and it should work almost immediately. I'm totally okay with either.

[andres-root]

gotcha, that's a good one.

[andres-root]

So, I think we should talk and see how we're going to structure the project, I see that both have work done and we need to merge those things, for example I'm using Django 1.7 and I guess you're using django 1.6. Just sent you an email today in order to talk about this.

[andres-root]

I'm almost done here, I'll do the pull request this afternoon.