Tweaks to dev container

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-ARG IMAGE=bullseye
+ARG IMAGE=python:3
 FROM --platform=amd64 mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/${IMAGE}
 
-RUN curl -fsSL https://aka.ms/install-azd.sh | bash
-
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
-
 RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends postgresql-client \
      && apt-get update && apt-get install -y xdg-utils \

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 						"password": "app_password"
 					}
 				],
+				"taskExplorer.enabledTasks": {"python": false},
 				"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/usr/local/bin/python",
 				"python.linting.enabled": true,
 				"python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 				"files.exclude": {
 					"**/*.coverage": true,
 					".ruff_cache": true
-				  }
+				}
 			},
 
 			// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@
 				"charliermarsh.ruff",
 				"ms-azuretools.vscode-bicep",
 				"mtxr.sqltools",
-				"mtxr.sqltools-driver-pg"
+				"mtxr.sqltools-driver-pg",
+				"spmeesseman.vscode-taskexplorer"
 			]
 		}
 	},

.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ services:
       args:
         # [Choice] Python version: 3, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6
         IMAGE: python:3.11
-        # On Linux, you may need to update USER_UID and USER_GID below if not your local UID is not 1000.
-        USER_UID: 1000
-        USER_GID: 1000
 
     volumes:
       - ..:/workspace:cached

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -1,61 +1,52 @@
 {
     "version": "2.0.0",
-    "tasks": [{
-      "label": "Open Django shell",
+    "tasks": [ {
+      "label": "Apply migrations",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "./src/manage.py shell",
+      "command": "./src/manage.py migrate",
       "problemMatcher": [],
       "presentation": {
         "reveal": "always",
-        "panel": "new"
+        "panel": "dedicated"
       }
     }, {
-      "label": "Create super user",
+      "label": "Load seed data",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "./src/manage.py createsuperuser",
+      "command": "./src/manage.py loaddata seed_data.json",
       "problemMatcher": [],
-      "presentation": {
-        "reveal": "always",
-        "panel": "new"
-      }
-    }, {
-      "label": "Run Django tests",
-      "type": "shell",
-      "command": "./src/manage.py test",
-      "group": "test",
       "presentation": {
         "reveal": "always",
         "panel": "dedicated"
       }
     }, {
-      "label": "Make migrations",
+      "label": "Create super user",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "./src/manage.py makemigrations",
+      "command": "./src/manage.py createsuperuser",
       "problemMatcher": [],
       "presentation": {
         "reveal": "always",
-        "panel": "dedicated"
+        "panel": "new"
       }
     }, {
-      "label": "Apply migrations",
+      "label": "Make migrations",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "./src/manage.py migrate",
+      "command": "./src/manage.py makemigrations",
       "problemMatcher": [],
       "presentation": {
         "reveal": "always",
         "panel": "dedicated"
       }
     }, {
-      "label": "Load seed data",
+      "label": "Open Django shell",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "./src/manage.py loaddata seed_data.json",
+      "command": "./src/manage.py shell",
       "problemMatcher": [],
       "presentation": {
         "reveal": "always",
-        "panel": "dedicated"
+        "panel": "new"
       }
     }, {
-      "label": "Flush database",
+      "label": "Remove all data from DB (flush)",
       "type": "shell",
       "command": "./src/manage.py flush --noinput",
       "problemMatcher": [],
@@ -63,5 +54,5 @@
         "reveal": "always",
         "panel": "dedicated"
       }
-    }]
+    }, ]
   }

README.md

@@ -39,25 +39,19 @@ If you're not using one of those options for opening the project, then you'll ne
 
 1. Create an `.env` file using `.env.sample` as a guide. Set the value of `DBNAME` to the name of an existing database in your local PostgreSQL instance. Set the values of `DBHOST`, `DBUSER`, and `DBPASS` as appropriate for your local PostgreSQL instance. If you're in the devcontainer, copy the values exactly from `.env.sample`.
 
-2. Fill in a secret value for `SECRET_KEY`. You can use this command to generate an appropriate value.
-
-    ```shell
-    python -c 'import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex())'
-    ```
-
-3. Run the migrations:
+2. Run the migrations: (Also available as a VS Code task)
 
     ```
     python3 src/manage.py migrate
     ```
 
-4. Run the local server at port 8000:
+3. Run the local server at port 8000: (Also available as a VS Code task)
 
     ```
     python3 src/manage.py runserver 8000
     ```
 
-5. Navigate to the displayed URL to verify the website is working.
+4. Navigate to the displayed URL to verify the website is working.
 
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