A single file Django micro project created for demonstration purposes to be used in the same way as other Python frameworks.

I created this code while working on an improvement to Will Vincent's Django Microframework repository, which was itself inspired by Carlton Gibson's talk.

Starting from that demonstration code I thought of a Django micro application that could be used in the same way as a minimal application used in other Python frameworks such as Flask or FastAPI.

I presented this code during the first sprint day of DjangoCon US 2023, together with Will Vincent and seeing the appreciation I decided to publish it in this repository.

μDjango presentation during the DjangoCon US 2023 sprints in Durham, North Carolina

Creating and activating the virtual environment:

$ python3 -m venv .venv
$ source .venv/bin/activate

Installing the required python packages in the virtual environments:

(.venv) $ python3 -m pip install django uvicorn[standard]

Create a new file called udjango.py and update it as follows:

from django.conf import settings
from django.core.handlers import asgi
from django.http import JsonResponse
from django.urls import path

settings.configure(ALLOWED_HOSTS="*", ROOT_URLCONF=__name__)

app = asgi.ASGIHandler()


async def root(request):
    return JsonResponse({"message": "Hello World"})


urlpatterns = (path("", root),)

Start the server with uvicorn command.

(.venv) $ uvicorn udjango:app --reload

Open your browser at http://127.0.0.1:8000

You will see the JSON response as:

{"message": "Hello World"}

This code is for demonstration purposes only and should not be used in production. However, the code is released without any guarantee from the author and no liability can be attributed. Use at your own risk.

μDjango is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License.

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