whitenoise

quizsite/settings.py

@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.contenttypes",
     "django.contrib.sessions",
     "django.contrib.messages",
+    "whitenoise.runserver_nostatic",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
@@ -122,6 +124,10 @@ USE_TZ = True
 
 STATIC_URL = "static/"
 
+# https://whitenoise.evans.io/en/stable/django.html
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "staticfiles")
+
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 

requirements.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Django==4.1.1
 psycopg2
-python-dotenv
+python-dotenv
+whitenoise