fix: fixing missing static files in local development #948

fix: fixing missing static files in local development #948

Author: Winzen

.gitignore

@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ fabric.properties
 .DS_Store
 /backend/media/
 /backend/notebooks/
+/backend/static/
 /backend/staticfiles/
 
 # Fixture

backend/custom/middleware.py

@@ -18,15 +18,8 @@ def process_template_response(self, request: WSGIRequest, response: TemplateResp
                 elif "form" in context:
                     errors = context["form"].errors
             if errors:
-                user = request.user
                 endpoint = request.get_full_path()
-                logger.warning(
-                    f"{repr(errors)}",
-                    user=user,
-                    errors=errors,
-                    endpoint=endpoint,
-                    type="validation",
-                )
+                logger.info(f"Validation errors on {request.method} {endpoint}: {repr(errors)}")
         except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error processing template response in LoggerMiddleware:")
         finally:

start-server-dev.sh

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # start-server-dev.sh
+
+# The compose.yaml file mounts our repository as a volume in the /app folder,
+# which overwrites the static files collected during image build.
+# So we need to collect the static files again at runtime.
+echo "> Collecting static files"
+(cd /app; python manage.py collectstatic --no-input --settings=backend.settings.base)
+
 echo "> Making migrations"
 (cd /app; python manage.py makemigrations)
 
-echo "> Migrating"
+echo "> Applying migrations"
 (cd /app; python manage.py migrate)
 
 echo "> Installing debugpy"

start-server.sh

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # start-server.sh
+
 echo "> Making migrations"
 (cd /app; python manage.py makemigrations)
 
-echo "> Migrating"
+echo "> Applying migrations"
 (cd /app; python manage.py migrate)
 
 echo "> Creating superuser"