My basic local_settings.py file for django projects

local_settings.py

import os

PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))


DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, '../local.db'),
        'USER': '',
        'PASSWORD': '',
        'HOST': '',
        'PORT': '',
    }
}

DEBUG = True

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, '../media')
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, '../templates'),
)

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'

INTERNAL_IPS = (
    '127.0.0.1',
)

CACHE_BACKEND = 'dummy:///'