Quickstart
==========

Installation
------------

* Install Django Compressor with your favorite Python package manager::

    pip install django_compressor

* Add ``'compressor'`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` setting::

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # other apps
        "compressor",
    )

* See the list of :ref:`settings` to modify Django Compressor's
  default behaviour and make adjustments for your website.

* In case you use Django's staticfiles_ contrib app (or its standalone
  counterpart django-staticfiles_) you have to add Django Compressor's file
  finder to the ``STATICFILES_FINDERS`` setting, for example with
  ``django.contrib.staticfiles``:

  .. code-block:: python

     STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
         'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
         'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
         # other finders..
         'compressor.finders.CompressorFinder',
     )

* Define :attr:`COMPRESS_ROOT <django.conf.settings.COMPRESS_ROOT>` in settings
  if you don't have already ``STATIC_ROOT`` or if you want it in a different 
  folder.

.. _staticfiles: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/
.. _django-staticfiles: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-staticfiles

.. _dependencies:

Dependencies
------------

Required
^^^^^^^^

In case you're installing Django Compressor differently
(e.g. from the Git repo), make sure to install the following
dependencies.

- django-appconf_

  Used internally to handle Django's settings, this is
  automatically installed when following the above
  installation instructions.

      pip install django-appconf

Optional
^^^^^^^^

- BeautifulSoup_

  For the :attr:`parser <django.conf.settings.COMPRESS_PARSER>`
  ``compressor.parser.BeautifulSoupParser`` and
  ``compressor.parser.LxmlParser``::

      pip install "BeautifulSoup<4.0"

- lxml_

  For the :attr:`parser <django.conf.settings.COMPRESS_PARSER>`
  ``compressor.parser.LxmlParser``, also requires libxml2_::

      STATIC_DEPS=true pip install lxml

- html5lib_

  For the :attr:`parser <django.conf.settings.COMPRESS_PARSER>`
  ``compressor.parser.Html5LibParser``::

      pip install html5lib

- `Slim It`_

  For the :ref:`Slim It filter <slimit_filter>`
  ``compressor.filters.jsmin.SlimItFilter``::

      pip install slimit

.. _BeautifulSoup: http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/
.. _lxml: http://codespeak.net/lxml/
.. _libxml2: http://xmlsoft.org/
.. _html5lib: http://code.google.com/p/html5lib/
.. _`Slim It`: http://slimit.org/
.. _django-appconf: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-appconf/
.. _versiontools: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/versiontools/