GastroSal is a Django monolith for anonymous salary submissions and filtering in the gastronomy/hospitality sector.

• Python 3.13
• Django 5.2
• WhiteNoise for static serving
• PostgreSQL in production (DATABASE_URL), SQLite fallback in local dev

1. Create virtual environment and install dependencies.

python -m venv env
env\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Configure environment.

copy .env.example .env

Set at least:

• SECRET_KEY
• DEBUG=True for local development

3. Apply schema and run server.

python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver

• Run tests: python manage.py test
• Run app-only tests: python manage.py test jobdata
• Deployment checks: python manage.py check --deploy
• Collect static files: python manage.py collectstatic --noinput

• WSGI entrypoint: gastrosal.wsgi:application
• Procfile command: web: gunicorn gastrosal.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:$PORT
• Set DEBUG=False in production and provide secure values for SSL/HSTS env vars from .env.example.

• gastrosal/: project config (settings.py, urls.py, wsgi.py)
• jobdata/: app domain (models, forms, views, templates)
• jobdata/templates/jobdata/: user-facing pages
• jobdata/static/jobdata/: source static assets