How do you configure Django for simple development and deployment?

Question

I tend to use SQLite when doing Django development, but on a live server something more robust is often needed (MySQL/PostgreSQL, for example). Invariably, there are other c

Answer 1

Well, I use this configuration:

At the end of settings.py:

#settings.py
try:
    from locale_settings import *
except ImportError:
    pass

And in locale_settings.py:

#locale_settings.py
class Settings(object):

    def __init__(self):
        import settings
        self.settings = settings

    def __getattr__(self, name):
        return getattr(self.settings, name)

settings = Settings()

INSTALLED_APPS = settings.INSTALLED_APPS + (
    'gunicorn',)

# Delete duplicate settings maybe not needed, but I prefer to do it.
del settings
del Settings