• Python 2.6 (or 2.7)
• Django
• SASS
• MongoDB
• Mongoengine
• Fabric (to automatically deploy to a remote server)
• If running Python 2.6:
  • OrderedDict

We've included a settings_base.py file to get you started on getting the settings straightened out for your computer. You can create a new settings.py file that inherits from this one and only overrides the necessary settings.

from mongoengine import connect
connect('coursedata')

DEBUG = True

SECRET_KEY = "Make this secret."

STATIC_ROOT = "/src/static"

# To write to a file
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.filebased.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_FILE_PATH = '/usr/cddeploy/emails'

The templates for data_app are found in the templates directory under data_app. This keeps us from having to specify different template directories in settings.py for each machine.

Static Files are stored in a static directory under data_app. SASS files are stored in the sass directory under static and are compiled into the css directory using the following command while in the static directory:

sass --watch sass:css

Or, from the main project directory:

sass --watch src/course_data/data_app/static/data_app/sass:src/course_data/data_app/static/data_app/css

SASS files are automatically compiled to CSS files on the server side when using the automatic deployment routine.