A collection of non-critical Django ASGI applications powered by Daphne.

nodews/
├── nodews_project/          # Main Django project
│   ├── settings.py         # Django settings with ASGI configuration
│   ├── urls.py            # Main URL routing
│   ├── asgi.py            # ASGI application configuration
│   └── wsgi.py            # WSGI application (fallback)
├── authentication/         # Authentication app & app index
│   ├── views.py           # Index view for app collection
│   ├── urls.py            # Authentication URLs
│   └── templates/         # HTML templates
├── bufe/                   # Büfé app (empty, for future development)
├── requirements.txt       # Python dependencies
├── .env.example          # Environment variables template
└── README.md             # This file

• Purpose: User authentication and serves as the main index/collection page
• URL: / and /auth/
• Status: Active

• Purpose: Empty Django app for future development
• URL: /bufe/
• Status: In Development

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv

# Activate virtual environment
# Windows:
venv\Scripts\activate
# Linux/Mac:
source venv/bin/activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Copy environment template
copy .env.example .env

# Edit .env with your settings

# Run migrations
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

# Create superuser (optional)
python manage.py createsuperuser

# Collect static files
python manage.py collectstatic

python manage.py runserver

daphne -p 8000 nodews_project.asgi:application

# Start Redis server first (required for channels)
redis-server

# Then start Daphne
daphne nodews_project.asgi:application

• ASGI Support: Full ASGI compatibility with Daphne server
• WebSocket Ready: Configured for WebSocket connections via Channels
• Static Files: WhiteNoise for efficient static file serving
• Environment Config: python-decouple for environment variable management
• Responsive UI: Clean, modern interface for the app collection page

# Create new Django app
python manage.py startapp your_app_name

# Add to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py
# Create URLs and add to main urls.py

For WebSocket functionality, ensure Redis is running:

# Windows (if Redis is installed)
redis-server

# Or use Docker
docker run -p 6379:6379 redis:alpine

• Configure proper SECRET_KEY in production
• Set DEBUG=False
• Configure proper ALLOWED_HOSTS
• Use PostgreSQL or another production database
• Set up proper Redis instance
• Configure reverse proxy (nginx) for static files

• Django 5.2.7: Web framework
• Daphne: ASGI server
• Channels: WebSocket support
• Redis: Channel layer backend
• WhiteNoise: Static file serving
• python-decouple: Environment configuration