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Helper for django applications development

django-app-helper is a set of commands and helper methods to make developing and testing reusable Django applications easier.

Being born in the django CMS ecosystem, it provides a lot of utility functions to develop, run and test django CMS applications.

It’s a modified version of django CMS’s own develop.py script, modified to handle generic application development process.

It supports both tests writted using Django TestCase and pytest ones (see pytest support).

Supported versions

Python: 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12

Django: 3.2, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0

django CMS: 3.11

Newer versions might work but are not tested yet.

Common options

  • --cms: Loads configuration to properly run a django CMS-based application;

  • --extra-settings: Path to a helper file to set extra settings; see Project settings with Django App Helper for details;

Usage

The command must be executed in the main plugin directory (i.e. in the same directory as the setup.py file) as it needs to import files relative to the current directory.

The basic command structure is:

django-app-helper <application> <command> [options ...]

where <application> is the django application name and <command> is one of the available commands. Options vary for each command.

Base test class

A base test class is available to provide helpers and methods that implements repetitive tasks during development or compatibility shims (especially for django CMS).

Bootstrapping

To bootstrap a project using django-app-helper you may want to have a look at cookiecutter-djangopackage-helper, a cookiecutter template for django-app-helper.

To use it follows usage

Runner

By using the integrated runned in the settings file you’ll be able to run the commands without invoking django-app-helper: see Integrated runner for reference.

ASGI / Channels

ASGI / Channels are supported by installing the project with django-app-helper[async].

With Daphne / Channels installed you can run django-app-helper server --use-daphne|--use-channels to run the project on ASGI.

See ASGI / Channels support

Pure ASGI support is available only for Django 3.0+.

Installation

Installing from pip:

pip install django-app-helper

Installing from source:

pip install git+https://github.com/nephila/django-app-helper#egg=django-app-helper

Requirements

  • django CMS optional; required only to work with --cms option

  • docopt

  • tox

  • dj-database-url

Documentation

Documentation is available on readthedocs.

Authors

django-app-helper was written by Iacopo Spalletti with help from other contributors.

Thanks

The general logic and part of the code of the whole application is heavily taken from django CMS’s own develop.py so all the contributors deserve a huge thanks for their work.

History

3.3.3 (2023-11-28)

Features

  • Prepare for Django 5.0 / Python 3.12 compatibility (#244)

  • Switch to Coveralls Github action (#248)

3.3.2 (2023-09-26)

Features

  • Migrate to bump-my-version (#237)

Bugfixes

  • Fix ruff linting (#232)

3.3.1 (2023-07-09)

Bugfixes

  • Fix runner-options argument on Django test runner (#220)

  • Do not add mptt with django-filer 3+ (#225)

3.3.0 (2023-05-07)

Features

  • Add support for Django 4.x (#208)

3.2.0 (2023-01-19)

Features

  • Add djangocms 3.11 to tox, fix tests accordingly (#311)

3.1.0 (2022-07-29)

Features

  • Upgrade Python / Django versions (#204)

  • Add minimal django 4.0 support (#208)

3.0.1 (2020-12-09)

Bugfixes

  • Fix loading setting with pytest-django and django 3.1 (#202)

3.0.0 (2020-11-14)

Features

  • Add support for Django 3.1 / django CMS 3.8 (#196)

  • Add Django 3.0 / django CMS 3.7.2 support (#142)

  • Drop Python 2 / Django 1.11 (#148)

  • Add support for Daphne / channels runserver (#198)

  • Refactor BaseTestCaseMixin to more composable mixins (#107)

  • Replace makefile with invoke (#143)

  • Use pre-commit for code formatting (#149)

  • Allow to pass arguments to pytest via runner-options argument (#159)

  • Add support to pytest command (#167)

  • Update dotfiles to latest version (#189)

  • Reorganize tests outside main package (#191)

  • Remove support for aldryn-boilerplates (#199)

Bugfixes

  • Fix runner_options support (#92)

  • Improve GA - Update contribution guide (#161)

  • Allow extra arguments in PytestTestRunner.run_tests (#165)

  • Update isort and linting configuration (#188)

Misc

  • #152, #185

2.2.2 (2020-05-15)

Bugfixes

  • Fix pytest args splitting (#155)

  • Fix runserver autoreload with channels 2.4 (#157)

2.2.1 (2020-04-23)

  • Fix packaging error

2.2.0 (2020-04-23)

Features

  • Add Django 3.0 / django CMS 3.7.2 support (#142)

  • Replace makefile with invoke (#143)

2.1.1 (2020-02-04)

  • Improved pytest compatibility

2.1.0 (2019-12-27)

  • Reformat code with black and improve flake8 configuration

  • Add pytest-compatible runner

2.0.1 (2019-12-22)

  • Add Django 3.0 preliminary support

2.0.0 (2019-10-13)

  • Rename application to django-app-helper

1.2.5 (2019-08-16)

  • Add django CMS 3.7

  • Add Django 2.2

1.2.4 (2019-08-08)

  • Fix regression introduced by #116

1.2.3 (2019-08-05)

  • Move pyflakes to extras_require

  • Fix error in get_request / post_request not preserving current_page

1.2.2 (2019-07-05)

  • Improve request generation by adding a more generic request method

1.2.1 (2019-07-04)

  • Fix error when creating users with non-writable email attribute

1.2.0 (2019-03-22)

  • Drop compatiblity with Django <1.11, Python 3.4

  • Add django CMS 3.6

  • Add django 2.0, 2.1

1.1.1 (2019-07-03)

  • Fix error when creating users with non-writable email attribute

1.1.0 (2018-02-20)

  • Remove Django <1.8, Python 2.6, 3.3 from setup.py

  • Add Django 1.11, Python 3.6

  • Switch to new-style middlewares for Django 1.10+

  • Create static methods to generate images

  • Fix persistent option behavior with arbitrary commands

  • Add minimal changes to allow third party application to run test on django 2.0

  • Fix options for channels runserver

  • Remove support for django-nose test runner

1.0.0 (2017-07-25)

  • Add ApphookReloadMiddleware in server mode

  • Add a default for FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR

  • Add fix for django CMS 3.4.4 render_plugin

0.9.8 (2017-03-04)

  • Fix compatibility with newer channels releases

0.9.7 (2016-12-03)

  • Add support for django-sekizai 0.10

  • Fix mock dependency in setup.py

  • Fix issue with server command in Django 1.10

  • Fix issue with urls.py in Django 1.10

  • Fix issue in tests with django CMS 3.4

0.9.6 (2016-08-25)

  • Add support for channels runserver.

  • Add verbosity level to server command.

  • Add support for Django 1.10.

  • Add support for django CMS 3.4.

0.9.5 (2016-06-06)

  • Fix issue with mocked session storage

  • Add verbosity level to tests

  • Fix user creation

  • Add option to allow parametrizing auto-created user

  • Fix extra_applications

0.9.4 (2016-01-20)

  • Add Naked setup mode

  • Add TEMPLATE_DIRS to special settings

  • Add TEMPLATE_LOADERS to special settings

  • Allow to specify a locale in makemessages

0.9.3 (2015-10-07)

  • Add –no-migrate option to skip migrations

  • Add secure argument to generate HTTPS requests

  • Better request mocking

  • Fix test on django CMS 3.2 (develop)

  • Add support for Python 3.5

  • Add –persistent option for persistent storage

0.9.2 (2015-09-14)

  • Add support for apphooks and parent pages in BaseTestCase.create_pages

  • If pages contains apphook, urlconf is reloaded automatically

  • Improve documentation

  • Add support for top-positioned MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES

  • Code cleanup

0.9.1 (2015-08-30)

  • Better support for aldryn-boilerplates

0.9.0 (2015-08-20)

  • Complete support for Django 1.8 / django CMS develop

  • Support for aldryn-boilerplates settings

  • Migrations are now enabled by default during tests

  • Minor BaseTestCase refactoring

  • Remove support for Django 1.5

  • Fix treebeard support

  • Minor fixes

  • Adds login_user_context method to BaseTestCase

0.8.1 (2015-05-31)

  • Add basic support for Django 1.8 / django CMS develop

  • Code cleanups

  • Smarter migration layout detection

0.8.0 (2015-03-22)

  • Add –native option to use native test command instead of django-app-helper one

  • Use django-discover-runner on Django 1.5 if present

  • Better handling of runner options

  • Add support for empty/dry-run arguments to makemigrations

  • Add USE_CMS flag to settings when using django CMS configuration

0.7.0 (2015-01-22)

  • Fix an error which prevents the runner to discover the settings

  • django CMS is no more a dependency, install it manually to enable django CMS support

0.6.0 (2015-01-10)

  • Add a runner to make cms_helper file itself a runner for django-app-helper

  • Fix issues with mptt / treebeard and Django 1.7

  • Fix some makemigrations / –migrate issues

  • Make django-app-helper less django CMS dependent

0.5.0 (2015-01-01)

  • Fixing bugs when using extra settings

  • Add messages framework to default environment

  • Add CSRF middleware / context_processor to default settings

  • Add base helper class for test cases

  • Complete Django 1.7 support

  • Smarter detection of migration operations in Django 1.6-

  • Add option to create migrations for external applications

0.4.0 (2014-09-18)

  • Add support for command line test runner options;

  • Add check command on Django 1.7+;

  • Add cms check command (which triggers cms inclusion);

  • Add squashmigration command Django 1.7+;

  • Add support for makemigrations merge on Django 1.7+;

  • Add helpers for custom user models;

0.3.1 (2014-08-25)

  • Add staticfiles application;

  • Add djangocms_admin_style if cms is enabled;

0.3.0 (2014-08-14)

  • Add support for django nose test runner;

  • Add default CMS template;

0.2.0 (2014-08-12)

  • Add option to customize sample project settings;

  • Add option to exclude django CMS from test project configurations;

  • Add support for Django 1.7;

0.1.0 (2014-08-09)

  • First public release.

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