Deploying your django application

My Speaker session at Forloop Ibadan

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1. Deploying your django application OBI Uchenna David @othreecodes Software Engineer at Tuteria
2. Introduction
3. What We'll Cover •Introduction to Django • What, Why, Who? •Setting up development environment •Demo project – "The #Covfefe blog" •Deployment
4. What? • Open source Web framework (MTV) • Written in python • Encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design
5. Why? • Ridiculously fast (C2L) • Versatile • Easy to work with • Scalable (shared-nothing architecture) • Secure
6. Who? https://www.djangosites.org/
7. Setting up development environment • Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python. Python includes a lightweight database called SQLite so you won’t need to set up a database just yet. • Get the latest version of Python at https://www.python.org/downloads/ or with your operating system’s package manager. • Virtualenv - virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environments • Install django via pip
8. Demo project - thecovfefeblog https://github.com/othreecodes/thecovfefeblog
9. Project Structure
10. Deployment • Choosing a Server • Deployment options • Paas: Heroku, pythonanywhere • VPS: Digitalocean, Linode, Mediatemple • Automating Deployment with Fabric
11. Choosing a server • Application size • Price • Features of your app • Uwsgi vs Gunicorn
12. Paas: Heroku • Define a Procfile • requirements.txt • runtime.txt • Django Whitenoise • SSL via Let's encrypt
15. VPS: DigitalOcean • Cloud Infrastructure provider • Root access • Unlimited number of Droplets • One click installations • Low Prices
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18. Nginx • is an open source, lightweight, high-performance web server or proxy server. • The Gunicorn "Green Unicorn" is a Python Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) • Uwsgi is a server written in C, it is not meant to run stand-alone but has to be placed behind a webserver
19. Fabric • Fabric is a Python (2.5-2.7) library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration tasks.
20. Point to note Click to add text • Do not re-invent the wheel • Compare your options and see which works best • Finish at least one complete tutorial on django • Understand before you copy and paste
21. Resources Click to add text • Djangoproject.com • Fullstackpython.com • Thenewboston django youtube tutorials • https://www.facebook.com/notes/4117412688 77125/Getting_Started_Django/740106062707 309/ • Djangobook.com • Djangopy.org
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