Six Python Packages Recommended for Every Django Web Application

There are countless Python packages out there that are easy to add to any project. But there are also a few packages that you simply cannot help but use in any Django web application because they have proven to be extremely useful and time-saving.

We decided to focus on the packages that you will end up installing on a regular basis and talk about the installation and the configurations required to get them ready to go.

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macOS

(env)User-Macbook:env user$ pip install django

Windows

(env)C:\Users\Owner\desktop\env> pip install django

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(1) Django TinyMCE4 Lite

macOS

(env)User-Macbook:mysite user$ pip install django-tinymce4-lite

Windows

(env) C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\Code\env\mysite>pip install django-tinymce4-lite

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env > mysite > mysite > settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    ...
    'tinymce',
]

TINYMCE_DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
    'height': 400,
    'width': 1000,
    'cleanup_on_startup': True,
    'custom_undo_redo_levels': 20,
    'selector': 'textarea',
    'browser_spellcheck': 'true',
    'theme': 'modern',
    'plugins': '''
            textcolor save link image media preview codesample contextmenu
            table code lists fullscreen  insertdatetime  nonbreaking
            contextmenu directionality searchreplace wordcount visualblocks
            visualchars code fullscreen autolink lists  charmap print  hr
            anchor pagebreak
            ''',
    'toolbar1': '''
            fullscreen preview bold italic underline | fontselect,
            fontsizeselect  | forecolor backcolor | alignleft alignright |
            aligncenter alignjustify | indent outdent | bullist numlist table |
            | link image media | codesample
            ''',
    'toolbar2': '''
            visualblocks visualchars |
            charmap hr pagebreak nonbreaking anchor |  code |
            ''',
    'contextmenu': 'formats | link image',
    'menubar': True,
    'statusbar': True,
}

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env > mysite > mysite > urls.py

"""mysite URL Configuration

The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:

    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/http/urls/
Examples:
Function views
    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
Class-based views
    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
Including another URLconf
    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
"""
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('', include ('main.urls')),
    path('tinymce/', include('tinymce.urls')), #add this

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env > mysite > main > models.py

from django.db import models
from tinymce import HTMLField

class MyModel(models.Model):
    ...
    content = HTMLField()

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(1) Pillow

macOS

(env)User-Macbook:mysite user$ pip install Pillow

Windows

(env) C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\Code\env\mysite>pip install Pillow

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env > mysite > mysite > settings.py

MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')

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env > mysite > mysite > urls.py

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include
from django.conf import settings  # add this
from django.conf.urls.static import static  # add this

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('', include('main.urls')),
]

if settings.DEBUG:  # add this
    urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL,
                          document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

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env > mysite > main > models.py

from django.db import models

class MyModel(models.Model):
    ...
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to='images/')

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(3) Django Crispy Forms

macOS

(env)User-Macbook:mysite user$ pip install django-crispy-forms

Windows

(env) C:\Users\Owner\desktop\code\env\mysite>pip install django-crispy-forms

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env > mysite > mysite > settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'crispy_forms',
]

CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = 'uni_form'

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env > mysite > main > templates > main > contact.html

{% load crispy_forms_tags %}

<form method="post">
    {% csrf_token %}
       {{form|crispy}}
       <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

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(4) Django Tables

macOS

(env)User-Macbook:mysite user$ pip install django-tables2

Windows

(env) C:\Users\Owner\desktop\code\env\mysite>pip install django-tables2

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env > mysite > mysite > settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'django_tables2',
]

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env > mysite > main > models.py

from django.db import models

class MyModel(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100, verbose_name="full name")
    email = models.EmailField(max_length=200)

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env > mysite > main > ( ) tables.py

import django_tables2 as tables
from .models import MyModel

class MyTable(tables.Table):
    class Meta:
        model = MyModel
        fields = ("name", "email", )

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env > mysite > main > views.py (-)

...
from django_tables2 import SingleTableView

from .models import MyModel
from .tables import MyTable

class ListView(SingleTableView):
    model = MyModel
    table_class = MyTable
    template_name = 'main/table.html'

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env > mysite > main > urls.py (-)

from django.urls import path
from . import views

app_name = "main"

urlpatterns = [
    path("table", views.ListView.as_view()),
]

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env > mysite > main > views.py (-)

...
from django_tables2 import SingleTableView

from .models import MyModel
from .tables import MyTable

def list(request):
    model = MyModel.objects.all()
    table = MyTable(model)
    return render(request=request, template_name="main/table.html", context={"model":model, "table":table})

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env > mysite > main > urls.py (-)

from django.urls import path
from . import views

app_name = "main"   

urlpatterns = [
    path("table", views.list, name="list"),
]

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env > mysite > main > templates > main > ( ) table.html

{ % load render_table from django_tables2 % }

<div >
    { % render_table table % }
</div >

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env > mysite > main > tables.py*

import django_tables2 as tables
from .models import MyModel

class MyTable(tables.Table):
    class Meta:
        model = MyModel
        template_name = "django_tables2/bootstrap4.html"
        fields = ("name", "email",)

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env > mysite > main > templates > main > ( ) table.html

{% extends "main/header.html" %}

{% block content %}

{% load render_table from django_tables2 %}

<div class="container">
    {% render_table table %}
</div>

{% endblock %}

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(5) Django Filter

macOS

(env)User-Macbook:mysite user$  pip install django-filter

Windows

(env) C:\Users\Owner\desktop\code\env\mysite>  pip install django-filter

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env > mysite > mysite > settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'django_filters',
]

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env > mysite > main > ( ) filters.py

import django_filters
from .models import MyModel

class MyFilter(django_filters.FilterSet):
    name = django_filters.CharFilter(lookup_expr='icontains')

    class Meta:
        model = MyModel
        fields = {'name', 'email'}

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env > mysite > main > views.py (-)

...
from django_tables2 import SingleTableMixin
from django_filters.views import FilterView

from .models import MyModel
from .tables import MyTable
from .filters import MyFilter

class ListView(SingleTableMixin, FilterView):
    model = MyModel
    table_class = MyTable
    template_name = 'main/table.html'
    filterset_class = MyFilter

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env > mysite > main > templates > main > table.html

{% load render_table from django_tables2 %}

<div>
    <br>
    <form action="" method="GET">
        {{filter.form}}
        <button type="submit">Filter</button>
    </form>
    <br>
    {% render_table table %}
</div>

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env > mysite > main > views.py (-)

...
from django_tables2.views import SingleTableMixin
from django_filter import FilterView

from .models import MyModel
from .tables import MyTable

def list(request):
    model = MyModel.objects.all()
    filterset_class = MyFilter(request.GET, model)
    table = MyTable(filterset_class.qs)
    return render(request=request, template_name="main/table.html", context={"model":model, "table":table, "filterset_class":filterset_class})

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env > mysite > main > templates > main > table.html

{% load render_table from django_tables2 %}

<div>
    <br>
    <form action="" method="GET">
        {{filterset_class.form}}
        <button type="submit">Filter</button>
    </form>
    <br>
    {% render_table table %}
</div>

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(6) Python Decouple

macOS

(env)User-Macbook:mysite user$ pip install python-decouple

Windows

(env) C:\Users\Owner\desktop\code\env\mysite> pip install python-decouple

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It was originally created for Django, but is now seen as a "generic tool" for separating configuration settings.

env> mysite> (new file) .env

SECRET_KEY =sdjioerb43buobnodhioh4i34hgip
DEBUG =True

env> mysite> mysite> settings.py

from decouple import config

SECRET_KEY = config('SECRET_KEY')
DEBUG = config('DEBUG', cast=bool)

Create a new file called .env in your project folder, then import config in settings.py file. Then move all the config settings and variables you want to hide into the .env file and call each variable using the python-decouple config ('variable') format.

If you need more information, visit the Secure Django Sensitive Variables Using Python Decouple page .