fixed install

added new install

added test requiment file

updated requirement file

fixed dir

testing sqlight tests

added make dir

cleaned up code

.github/workflows/testing.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: test_Django
+name: Testing Django
 on: [ pull_request, push ] # activates the workflow when there is a push or pull request in the repo
 jobs:
   test_project:
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install django==5.0.2
-          pip install django-extensions
-          pip install ruff
-          pip django-environ
+          pip install -r requirements-test.txt
       - name: Run linting tools
         run: |
           cd app/
@@ -21,6 +18,5 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cp .env.testing app/.env
           cd app/
-          ls -al
-          cat .env
+          mkdir static_files
           python manage.py test

app/app/settings.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 """
 
 import os
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import environ
@@ -101,6 +102,9 @@
     }
 }
 
+if "test" in sys.argv or "test_coverage" in sys.argv:  # Covers regular testing and django-coverage
+    DATABASES["default"]["ENGINE"] = "django.db.backends.sqlite3"
+
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 

requirements-test.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-r requirements.txt
+django-extensions
+ruff

requirements.txt

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ django==5.0.2
 psycopg2-binary
 gunicorn
 whitenoise
+django-environ