Video Tutorial to build this project

https://youtu.be/SQ4A7Q6_md8

Upgrades

• send_confirmation instead of send_email_confirmation (remove the = in the email verification link sent to the terminal)
  
• CustomUser Model instead of Default User
  
• Global CSRF header for HTMX
  
• Option to use UV for Dependency Management
  
  
  

Getting the files

Download zip file
or
run git clone command in empty folder

git clone https://github.com/andyjud/django-starter.git . && rm -rf .git

Setup with UV (Recommended)

Install UV

uv: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/

pip install uv

Install dependencies

uv sync

Activate Virtual Environment (Mac)

source .venv/bin/activate

Migrate to database

python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser

Run application

python manage.py runserver

http://localhost:8000

Setup with with pip

Create Virtual Environment on Mac

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

Create Virtual Environment on Windows

python3 -m venv .venv
.\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install --upgrade pip

Migrate to database

python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser

Run application

python manage.py runserver

http://localhost:8000