# Project purpose

## Internal Apps
### Accounts
* [User](https://git.luxagraf.net/luxagraf/writer/src/branch/master/apps/accounts/models.py)
    * custom User model subclassing AbstractUser as per best practices
* [UserProfile](https://git.luxagraf.net/luxagraf/writer/src/branch/master/apps/accounts/models.py)
    * adds profile to default Django user
        * profile photo
        * website 
        * bio
        * location


## External dependencies 

#### Coverage
[https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy)
* Because I hate keeping track of what needs tests

#### Python Decouple
[https://pypi.org/project/python-decouple/](https://pypi.org/project/python-decouple/)
* Decouple helps you to organize your settings so that you can change parameters without having to redeploy your app.
* Allows committing settings.py by keeping not-committed settings in one place (.env)

#### Django Taggit
[https://github.com/alex/django-taggit](https://github.com/alex/django-taggit)
* Simplest way to get robust tagging capabilities

#### Django Storages
[https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages](https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages)
* Simplest way to make all static assets go to Amazon S3 
* Simplifies migrating server setups by keep static assets off the server

#### Django Registration
[https://github.com/ubernostrum/django-registration/](https://github.com/ubernostrum/django-registration/)
* Simplest way to handle all aspects of registration/confirmation (written by James Bennett)

#### pwned-passwords-django
[https://github.com/ubernostrum/pwned-passwords-django](https://github.com/ubernostrum/pwned-passwords-django)
* Because we should inform people when their passwords are compromised (written by James Bennett)

#### Django-Extensions
[https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions](https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions)
* Because I'd go crazy without it. shell_plus is a godsend