Django Freshly

A Django application that enables your server to remotely trigger a client-side asset reload

Overview

A simple trigger of client-side asset reload.

How to install

1. easy_install django-freshly
2. pip install django-freshly
3. git clone http://github.com/un33k/django-freshly
    a. cd django-freshly
    b. run python setup.py
4. wget https://github.com/un33k/django-freshly/zipball/master
    a. unzip the downloaded file
    b. cd into django-freshly-* directory
    c. run python setup.py

How to use (production)

Install django-freshly using one of the methods outlined in the How to install section.

 # Add `freshly` to your `INSTALLED_APP`.

 # Add `freshly.middleware.assets.AssetVersioningMiddleware` to your `MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`.
 # Note: ensure the middleware is the last item in your `MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`.

 # Optional: overwrite the extensions list as per your requirements.
 FRESHLY_ASSETS_EXTENTIONS = [
     'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'css', 'png', 'js', 'ico', 'txt'
 ]

 # Add `FRESHLY_ASSETS_VERSION` to your setting file.

 FRESHLY_ASSETS_VERSION = '001'

 # OR

 FRESHLY_ASSETS_VERSION = 'v001'

 # Up the version and restart Django to force clients to reload your website assets.

How to use (development):

Add FRESHLY_ASSETS_ALWAYS_FRESH to your settings file.

 # Set it to True to force a fresh copy of your assets on to the browsers.

 # Note: Do not use in production.
 FRESHLY_ASSETS_ALWAYS_FRESH = True

 # OR

 FRESHLY_ASSETS_ALWAYS_FRESH = DEBUG

Performance:

The application is a perfect tool for the front-end designers during development.

Running the tests

To run the tests against the current environment:

python manage.py test

License

Released under a (BSD) license.

Version

X.Y.Z Version

`MAJOR` version -- when you make incompatible API changes,
`MINOR` version -- when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner, and
`PATCH` version -- when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes.