Example of simplest possible Django Project

djangolight_onefile.py

# Based on the book 'Lightweight Django'
# by Mark Lavin & Julia Elman

# See the following Repo for this example broken into multiple files.
# https://github.com/richardadalton/djangolight

import sys
from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls import url
from django.http import HttpResponse

# SETTINGS
settings.configure(
    DEBUG=True,
    SECRET_KEY='thisisthesecretkey',
    ROOT_URLCONF=__name__,
    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES=(
        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
    ),
)

# VIEWS
def index(request):
    return HttpResponse('Hello World')

# URLS
urlpatterns = (
    url(r'^$', index),
)

# MANAGE.PY Command Line Handler
if __name__ == "__main__":
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)