DjangoEssentials is a Python library designed to streamline and enhance the development process of Django applications. It offers a collection of commonly used Django models and deployment settings, encapsulating repetitive patterns and configurations into a reusable package. The library is intended to evolve with contributions from the community, making it a collaborative project.

• TimeBasedStampModel: An abstract model providing time-based fields for tracking creation, update, and deletion times of model instances.
• MyS3Storage: A custom storage class for Django, facilitating integration with Amazon S3 for media storage, with features such as non-overwriting of files with the same name and public read access by default.

Below are instructions on how to install DjangoEssentials and examples of how to use its features in your Django projects.

Install DjangoEssentials using pip:

pip install DjangoEssentials

• TimeBasedStampModel

Inherit from TimeBasedStampModel to add automatic creation, update, and soft deletion timestamps to your models.

from django.db import models
from DjangoEssentials.models import TimeBasedStampModel

class YourModel(TimeBasedStampModel):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    # Add your fields here

• MyS3Storage

Configure your Django project to use MyS3Storage for handling media files with Amazon S3.

# settings.py

DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'DjangoEssentials.storage.MyS3Storage'

DjangoEssentials aims to provide more utilities and helpers over time, driven by community contributions and the evolving needs of Django developers.

We welcome contributions from the community, whether it's adding new features, improving documentation, or reporting bugs. Please follow these steps to contribute:

Fork the repository.

• Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature).
• Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some AmazingFeature').
• Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature).
• Open a Pull Request.

For questions or additional information, please reach out to codermungan@gmail.com