Refactor Django project files to improve type hinting and code clarity

config/asgi.py

@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
-"""
-ASGI config for config project.
-
-It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
-
-For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/howto/deployment/asgi/
-"""
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
 
-os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'config.settings')
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django.core.handlers.asgi import ASGIHandler
 
-application = get_asgi_application()
+os.environ.setdefault(key="DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", value="config.settings")
+
+application: ASGIHandler = get_asgi_application()

config/settings.py

@@ -1,26 +1,16 @@
-"""
-Django settings for config project.
-
-Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 5.2.4.
-
-For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/topics/settings/
-
-For the full list of settings and their values, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/settings/
-"""
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
-BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+BASE_DIR: Path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-5b+c(lxr3-8o356!qd3_u&x0$)j))56at=&_go+@4gmai-oe2v'
+SECRET_KEY = "django-insecure-5b+c(lxr3-8o356!qd3_u&x0$)j))56at=&_go+@4gmai-oe2v"
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
@@ -30,52 +20,52 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 
 # Application definition
 
-INSTALLED_APPS = [
-    'django.contrib.admin',
-    'django.contrib.auth',
-    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
-    'django.contrib.sessions',
-    'django.contrib.messages',
-    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+INSTALLED_APPS: list[str] = [
+    "django.contrib.admin",
+    "django.contrib.auth",
+    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+    "django.contrib.sessions",
+    "django.contrib.messages",
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
 ]
 
-MIDDLEWARE = [
-    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+MIDDLEWARE: list[str] = [
+    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
 ]
 
-ROOT_URLCONF = 'config.urls'
+ROOT_URLCONF = "config.urls"
 
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
-        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
-        'APP_DIRS': True,
-        'OPTIONS': {
-            'context_processors': [
-                'django.template.context_processors.request',
-                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
-                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+        "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
+        "DIRS": [],
+        "APP_DIRS": True,
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "context_processors": [
+                "django.template.context_processors.request",
+                "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
+                "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
             ],
         },
     },
 ]
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'config.wsgi.application'
+WSGI_APPLICATION = "config.wsgi.application"
 
 
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+    "default": {
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
+        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
     }
 }
 
@@ -83,18 +73,18 @@ DATABASES = {
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
-AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS: list[dict[str, str]] = [
     {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator",
     },
     {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator",
     },
     {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator",
     },
     {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator",
     },
 ]
 
@@ -102,9 +92,9 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/topics/i18n/
 
-LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
 
-TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
@@ -114,9 +104,9 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/howto/static-files/
 
-STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+STATIC_URL = "static/"
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
-DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"

config/urls.py

@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
-"""
-URL configuration for config project.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
-    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/topics/http/urls/
-Examples:
-Function views
-    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
-    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
-Class-based views
-    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
-    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
-Including another URLconf
-    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
-    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
-"""
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path
 
-urlpatterns = [
-    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django.urls.resolvers import URLResolver
+
+urlpatterns: list[URLResolver] = [
+    path(route="admin/", view=admin.site.urls),
 ]

config/wsgi.py

@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
-"""
-WSGI config for config project.
-
-It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
-
-For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/howto/deployment/wsgi/
-"""
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
 
-os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'config.settings')
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIHandler
 
-application = get_wsgi_application()
+os.environ.setdefault(key="DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", value="config.settings")
+
+application: WSGIHandler = get_wsgi_application()