This document discusses using Buildout to automate deployment of Django projects. It recommends using Buildout to create standalone Python environments for development, testing, and production to improve security and maintainability. The document provides steps to set up a basic Django project with Buildout, including downloading Bootstrap, creating a buildout.cfg file, and running buildout to install Django and other dependencies. It also describes separating development and production configurations by creating a development.cfg file to customize settings for local development.

1. Deploying Django with Buildout Marek Kuziel , Encode Ltd http://encode.net.nz/ [email_address]

9. Let's build ./bin/buildout Installing django. django: Downloading Django from: http://www.djangoproject.com/download/%s/tarball/ Generated script '/Users/marek/projects/djangodemo/bin/django'. ... and we're done!

11. Let's build again ./bin/buildout -c development.cfg Unused options for buildout: 'eggs'. Installing django-command-extensions. Installing django. Generated script '/Users/marek/projects/djangodemo/bin/django'. django: Skipping creating of project: project since it exists ... and we're almost done :)

14. Thank you!