Welcome to our comprehensive course on building a fully functional and production-ready Django project! This course is designed to provide you with a step-by-step guide through the entire process of creating a robust web application – a Digital Resume with an integrated lightweight shop – that will be ready for deployment and accessible to the public.

In this hands-on course, we will delve into the world of Django, one of the most popular and powerful web development frameworks, to build a feature-rich web application that showcases your skills, experience, and achievements in a digital resume format. Additionally, we will incorporate a lightweight shop to offer products or services, enhancing the overall functionality and user experience.

• Docker & Docker Compose (Local Development with Docker)

1. Navigate to your development directory and open a terminal.
2. Clone the development repository:

   git clone -b 00-start https://github.com/bobby-didcoding/build-and-deploy-dockerised-django-app-handbook.git .
   

We need a new .env file to store our project secrets and api keys.

#Unix and MacOS
cp env_template .env

#windows
copy env_template .env

Use the following command to build the docker images:

Make sure Docker is running on your machine!

1. Open a terminal on your machine.

2. Optional step! Prune docker. You may want to prune un-used Docker images and containers.

   docker system prune
   

3. Fire up a dev Docker container.

   Note: you may want to prune un used Docker images and containers

   docker-compose up -d --build
   

You should now be up and running!

Note: Open an incognito browser when testing your project (Ctrl + Shift + N)

• Main site is running on http://localhost:8000

You can run Django commands as normal by accessing the Django app image.

The following example display all files in the container

docker exec -it app bash
ls
exit

The following example will rebuild one container

docker-compose -f up -d --no-deps --build app

Each branch has its own LECTURE_OVERVIEW.md file that describes what we will cover during the lecture.