Todoist - Django Todo App

A simple todo web application built with Django and PostgreSQL.

Local Development

# Create and activate virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Create the PostgreSQL database
psql postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE todoist;"

# Run migrations
python manage.py migrate

# Start the development server
python manage.py runserver

Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser.

Deployment

The app is production-ready with:

• Gunicorn as the WSGI server (Procfile)
• WhiteNoise for serving static files
• dj-database-url for database configuration via DATABASE_URL env var
• django-environ for environment variable management

Environment Variables

Set these in your deployment platform:

Variable	Description
SECRET_KEY	Django secret key (generate a new one for production)
DEBUG	Set to False in production
DATABASE_URL	PostgreSQL connection string
ALLOWED_HOSTS	Comma-separated list of allowed hostnames