Django buildout

Question

Hello,

I'm starting to play around with using buildout for Django. I'd like to use buildout as the main installation method for deploying projects and applications. In this context is it the best that each application contains a buildout, as well as the project? At what level should you apply the buildout?

Thanks,

Todd

Answer 1

The way I usually set it up is like this:

buildout_dir/
  + bootstrap.py
  + buildout.cfg
  + ...
  + <project_name>/
      + settings.py
      + templates/
      + media/
      + ...  

Since the buildout is (in my case) often tied to a single project anyway, I'll just store the django project directly inside the buildout. By the way: I'm using djangorecipe in my buildout configuration.

The applications I write are simple eggs and have this kind of layout:

django-<app_name>/
  + setup.py
  + <app_name>/
      + __init__.py
      + models.py
      + ...

But I've also seen apps that are a self contained buildout. Jacob Kaplan-Moss even wrote an article about it.