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A simple Django app to integrate Vite.js easily in your Django project.

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django-simple-vite

A simple Django app to integrate Vite.js easily in your Django project.

Install:

pip install django-simple-vite

Then add simple_vite to INSTALLED_APPS in Django settings.

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'simple_vite',
    ...
]

Settings:

During development, set VITE_SERVER_URL in Django settings, pointing to the Vite.js development server, e.g.:

VITE_SERVER_URL = 'http://localhost:3000'

When in production, you don't need to set VITE_SERVER_URL, because the compiled assets produced by Vite.js will be served as regular static files.

Usage:


Create an app that will contain your Vite.js powered frontend:

./manage.py startapp frontend

Inside your app, create a vite_src directory (the name is arbitrary). This directory will contain your Javascript sources, that will be compiled by Vite.js.

In the vite_src directory, create a vite.config.js file, with this content:

const { resolve } = require('path');

export default {
    build: {
        manifest: true, // adds a manifest.json
        rollupOptions: {
            input: [
              // Use main.js file as entrypoint for your JS app.
              resolve(__dirname, './main.js'),
            ]
        },
        // Puts the Vite.js manifest.json in
        // PROJECT_ROOT/frontend/static/
        outDir:  '../static',
        // puts compiled asset files (js, css) in
        // PROJECT_ROOT/frontend/static/frontend
        assetsDir:  'frontend',
    },
    plugins: [],
    server: {
        // This port should match with VITE_SERVER_URL Django setting.
        port: 3000,
        open: false,
    }
};

In the vite_src directory, create a main.js file, that will serve as entry point for your app, with this content:

// Add this at the beginning of your app entry.
import 'vite/modulepreload-polyfill';
import 'main.css';

console.log("hello world");

main.css is a CSS file that will be imported by Vite and used by your application.

Install Vite.js in your vite_src directory:

yarn add vite

Add a couple of script in your package.json:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "vite": "^4.1.4"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "vite",
    "build": "vite build"
  }
}

Launch Vite.js server:

yarn dev

Create a Django template index.html that will hold the HTML markup used by your application, save it inside your frontend Django app in a subdirectory templates/frontend/.

{% load vite %}

<html>
<head>
    {% vite_styles 'main.js' %}
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Hello world</h1>

    {% vite_scripts 'main.js' %}
</body>

</html>

Now create a Django URLConf that will serve the above template, and you'll see a basic Vite.js powered web app, with Hot Module Replacement (HMR) enabled!

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