makes settings and manage more modern.

Author: filiplajszczak

manage.py

@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
 import os
 import sys
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
     os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "myproject.settings")
     try:
         from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
-    except ImportError:
-        # The above import may fail for some other reason. Ensure that the
-        # issue is really that Django is missing to avoid masking other
-        # exceptions on Python 2.
-        try:
-            import django
-        except ImportError:
-            raise ImportError(
-                "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
-                "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
-                "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
-            )
-        raise
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

myproject/settings.py

@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 """
 
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 
-# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
-BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production

myproject/urls.py

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
     1. Import the include() function: from django.conf.urls import url, include
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
-from django.conf.urls import url
+from django.urls import re_path
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 from myapp import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r'^$', views.home),
-    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    re_path(r'^$', views.home),
+    re_path(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
 ]