Add devcontainer

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/alpine
+{
+	"name": "Ubuntu",
+	// Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:0-ubuntu-22.04",
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1": {},
+		"ghcr.io/jungaretti/features/make:1": {},
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers-extra/features/black:2": {},
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers-extra/features/node-asdf:0": {}
+	},
+
+	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
+	// "features": {},
+
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	"forwardPorts": [
+		3000,
+		8000
+	],
+
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	"postCreateCommand": "sudo apt update; sudo apt install -y default-libmysqlclient-dev build-essential pkg-config; pip install --upgrade setuptools; make install"
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	// "customizations": {},
+
+	// Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
+	// "remoteUser": "root"
+}

todoqueue_backend/todoqueue_backend/settings.py

@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ def get_env_variable(var_name, default=None, cast_type=str):
     if path.exists(dotenv_path):
         print("Loading env")
         load_dotenv(dotenv_path)
-
+else:
+    load_dotenv()
 
 # Fetch all the environment variables
 env_debug = get_env_variable("DJANGO_DEBUG", False, bool)
@@ -56,22 +57,23 @@ def get_env_variable(var_name, default=None, cast_type=str):
     "DJANGO_CACHE_LOCATION", "redis://127.0.0.1:6379/1"
 )
 
-db_name = get_env_variable("DJANGO_DB_NAME", "mydatabase")
-db_user = get_env_variable("DJANGO_DB_USER", "myuser")
-db_pass = get_env_variable("DJANGO_DB_PASSWORD", "mypassword")
-db_host = get_env_variable("DJANGO_DB_HOST", "db")
-db_port = get_env_variable("DJANGO_DB_PORT", "3306")
+db_name = get_env_variable("DJANGO_DB_NAME")
+db_user = get_env_variable("DJANGO_DB_USER")
+db_pass = get_env_variable("DJANGO_DB_PASSWORD")
+db_host = get_env_variable("DJANGO_DB_HOST")
+db_port = get_env_variable("DJANGO_DB_PORT", 3306, int)
 
 # Email credentials
-EMAIL_HOST = get_env_variable("EMAIL_HOST", "localhost")
+EMAIL_HOST = get_env_variable("EMAIL_HOST", "")
 EMAIL_PORT = get_env_variable("EMAIL_PORT", 587, int)
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = get_env_variable("EMAIL_USE_TLS", True, bool)
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = get_env_variable("EMAIL_HOST_USER", "")
 DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = get_env_variable("DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL", "")
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = get_env_variable("EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD", "")
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = get_env_variable("DJANGO_SECRET", cast_type=None, default=urandom(32))
+SECRET_KEY = get_env_variable(
+    "DJANGO_SECRET", cast_type=None, default=urandom(32))
 
 
 # Logging verbosity