Static and Media Files in Django

Example repo for the Working with Static and Media Files in Django article.

Getting Started

1. Clone down the repo

2. Create and activate a virtual environment

3. Install the dependencies:

   $ pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Apply the migrations:

   $ python manage.py migrate

Development Example

$ python manage.py runserver

Production Example

1. Set DEBUG to False in the settings.py file

2. Then, collect the static files and run Gunicorn:

   $ python manage.py collectstatic
   $ gunicorn core.wsgi:application -w 1

This uses WhiteNoise to serve up the static files, so you'll need to add Nginx in order to handle media files appropriately.