Daniel Otieno danielotieno

Django Deployment to Ubuntu 18.04

In this guide I will go through all the steps to create a VPS, secure it and deploy a Django application. This is a summarized document from this digital ocean doc

Any commands with "$" at the beginning run on your local machine and any "#" run when logged into the server

Create A Digital Ocean Droplet

Use this link and get $10 free. Just select the $5 plan unless this a production app.

Django 2.x Cheat Sheet

Creating a virtual environment

We need to create a virtual env for our app to run in: More Here Run this command in whatever folder you want to create your venv folder

python -m venv ./venv

Basic TDD Flow with rspec

To create a new project with rspec, begin from the the project's root directory and install the rspec gem:

gem install rspec

Create a folder in this root directory called spec where we will house all of your test files. cd into this folder and create a file called reverser_spec.rb. Let's write our first test:

	# Customize BASH PS1 prompt to show current GIT repository and branch.
	# by Mike Stewart - http://MediaDoneRight.com

	# SETUP CONSTANTS
	# Bunch-o-predefined colors. Makes reading code easier than escape sequences.
	# I don't remember where I found this. o_O

	# Reset
	Color_Off="\[\033[0m\]" # Text Reset