Javascript with Django?

Question

I know this has been asked before, but I\'m having a hard time setting up JS on my Django web app, even though I\'m reading the documentation.

I\'m running the Django de

Answer 1

You may want to use absolute path for 'document_root' in urls.py if you want to use the development server to serve static files. MEDIA_ROOT and MEDIA_URL don't play any role here.

Here are my settings for your reference. I put all static media files under site_media/

mysite/
    site_media/
        css/
        js/
        images/
    ...

in settings.py:

ROOT_PATH = os.path.normpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

in urls.py:

url(r'^media/(?P.*)$', "django.views.static.serve", {'document_root':
                                      os.path.join(settings.ROOT_PATH, 'site_media')})

You can move static files else where, just need to point 'document_root' to the correct path. Make sure comment out this url line for production deployment.