Use whitenoise to help Django better serve static files, even during

development (without needing NGINX for that). See https://whitenoise.readthedocs.io/en/latest
NSSAC · Sep 8, 2023 · 101ceff · 101ceff
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diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ json5
 matplotlib
 pandas
 plotly
+whitenoise
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
@@ -54,3 +54,5 @@ tenacity==8.2.3
     # via plotly
 tzdata==2023.3
     # via pandas
+whitenoise==6.5.0
+    # via -r requirements.in
diff --git a/webdesign/webdesign/settings.py b/webdesign/webdesign/settings.py
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@
     "django.contrib.contenttypes",
     "django.contrib.sessions",
     "django.contrib.messages",
+    "whitenoise.runserver_nostatic",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     "polls",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
@@ -124,6 +126,12 @@
     os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
 )
 
+STORAGES = {
+    "staticfiles": {
+        "BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage",
+    },
+}
+
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
 MEDIA_URL = os.path.join("/", BASE_PATH, "media/")