Skip to main content

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mintlify.com/LucPinheiro/gestor-tarea-django/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

All runtime behaviour for Gestor de Tareas Django is controlled through mi_proyecto/settings.py, the standard Django settings module. The file is loaded automatically by manage.py via the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable, which is pre-set to mi_proyecto.settings. The sections below document every setting you are likely to adjust, grouped by concern.
The SECRET_KEY shipped in the repository is publicly known and must never be used in production. Any deployment that keeps the default key is vulnerable to cryptographic attacks against signed cookies, CSRF tokens, and password-reset links. See the Replacing SECRET_KEY section below for the recommended approach.

​
Security Settings

​
SECRET_KEY
string
required
A long, random string used by Django to sign cookies, sessions, and CSRF tokens. The repository ships with the insecure development value 'django-insecure-@hc_xr=e4$pg=)=)va7v6=2gdd%q5i#@i8wgay_9hig@_-n$wb'. This value must be replaced before going to production. See Replacing SECRET_KEY.
​
DEBUG
boolean
default:"True"
When True, Django renders detailed error pages and serves static files directly. Set to False in production — doing so also enforces ALLOWED_HOSTS validation and disables verbose tracebacks.
​
ALLOWED_HOSTS
list[string]
default:"['*']"
A list of host/domain names that Django will serve. The default ['*'] accepts any host and is suitable for local development only. In production, restrict this to your actual domain(s), e.g. ['yourdomain.com', 'www.yourdomain.com'].

​
Database

​
DATABASES.default.ENGINE
string
default:"django.db.backends.sqlite3"
The database backend. Defaults to Django’s built-in SQLite driver — no additional installation required for development. Switch to django.db.backends.postgresql or another backend for production workloads.
​
DATABASES.default.NAME
path
default:"BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3'"
The file-system path to the SQLite database file. BASE_DIR resolves to the project root directory (where manage.py lives), so the database is created as gestor-tarea-django/db.sqlite3 on first migration.

​
Internationalisation & Localisation

​
LANGUAGE_CODE
string
default:"'es-es'"
Sets the locale for Django’s built-in translatable strings (admin UI, form validation messages, etc.) to Spanish (Spain).
​
TIME_ZONE
string
default:"'Europe/Madrid'"
The default time zone used when storing and displaying DateTimeField values. All task timestamps are recorded relative to this zone.

​
Authentication Redirects

​
LOGIN_URL
string
default:"'login'"
The named URL pattern that unauthenticated users are redirected to when they attempt to access a protected view. Resolves to the root path / (the LoginView defined in mi_proyecto/urls.py).
​
LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL
string
default:"'/tareas/'"
The URL users are redirected to immediately after a successful login. Points to the main task list.
​
LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL
string
default:"'/'"
The URL users are redirected to after logging out. Points back to the login page at the root path.

​
Static Files

​
STATIC_URL
string
default:"'static/'"
The URL prefix under which static assets (CSS, JavaScript, images) are served during development.
​
STATIC_ROOT
path
default:"BASE_DIR / 'staticfiles'"
The absolute directory where collectstatic copies every static file from all installed apps. This directory is what your web server (nginx, gunicorn, etc.) should serve in production.

​
Replacing SECRET_KEY

Load the secret key from an environment variable so it is never committed to source control: 
import os
from pathlib import Path

BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent

# Read SECRET_KEY from the environment; fall back to a safe error in production.
SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('DJANGO_SECRET_KEY', '')

if not SECRET_KEY:
    raise ValueError(
        "The DJANGO_SECRET_KEY environment variable is not set. "
        "Set it before starting the server."
    )
Set the variable in your shell or deployment environment before starting the server: 
export DJANGO_SECRET_KEY="your-long-random-secret-key-here"
You can generate a secure key with Python: 
python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(50))"

​
Collecting Static Files for Production

Before deploying with gunicorn (or any other WSGI server), copy all static assets into STATIC_ROOT so they can be served by a dedicated web server: 
python manage.py collectstatic
Run collectstatic every time you deploy updated CSS or JavaScript. The command copies files from tareas/static/ and all other installed apps into BASE_DIR / 'staticfiles'. Your web server should be configured to serve that directory under the STATIC_URL prefix.

Build docs developers (and LLMs) love

Get started for freeTalk to us