Single-File Django Application Template

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prototyping testing manage.py

This is a minimal script that will run Django. This can be useful to test new libraries.

Create a manage.py file with the following content:

import sys

from django.conf import settings
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
from django.urls import path
from django.template.response import TemplateResponse


def index(request):
    return TemplateResponse(request, "index.html")


settings.configure(
    DEBUG=True,
    ROOT_URLCONF=__name__,
    SECRET_KEY="don't look me",
    ALLOWED_HOSTS=["*"],
    TEMPLATES=[
        {
            "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
            "DIRS": ["."],
        },
    ],
)

urlpatterns = [
    path("", index),
]

application = get_wsgi_application()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line

    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)

and a index.html file in the same folder:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>My Awesome Project</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>My Awesome Project</h1>
</body>
</html>

Run

python manage.py runserver

and voilá!