Django on Windows

• https://github.com/lincolnloop/django-webserver

• Arguments to waitress.serve

• Using WhiteNoise with Django

Add the following to requirements/base.txt:

django-webserver[waitress]
whitenoise

Tip

See Requirements for the current version…

In settings/base.py for the project:

MIDDLEWARE = [
    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
    # Always place WhiteNoiseMiddleware above other middleware
    # http://whitenoise.evans.io/en/stable/django.html#enable-whitenoise
    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",

Note

Always place WhiteNoiseMiddleware below SecurityMiddleware and above other middleware (for details, see Enable WhiteNoise).

THIRD_PARTY_APPS = (
    "django_webserver",

In settings/dev_patrick.py (from Using WhiteNoise in development):

# Add 'whitenoise.runserver_nostatic' to the top of your 'INSTALLED_APPS' list
# http://whitenoise.evans.io/en/stable/django.html#using-whitenoise-in-development
INSTALLED_APPS = (
    "whitenoise.runserver_nostatic",
    "django_extensions",
    "debug_toolbar",
) + INSTALLED_APPS

We are not using the static app, so we need to run collectstatic:

django-admin.py collectstatic

Run your project:

django-admin.py waitress --port=8000