Django static files in Development not working

Question

I have the following directory structure in my project:

I'm trying to serve the static files in my environment, but I always getting the 404 error.

This is my settings.py configuration:

# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
)

I also put this in my urls.py:

URLS:

from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns  
urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()

And this is my view:

{% load static %}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <!-- Tell the browser to be responsive to screen width -->
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <meta name="description" content="">
    <meta name="author" content="">
    <!-- Favicon icon -->
    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="../assets/images/favicon.png">
    <title>Nossas Finanças</title>
    <!-- Bootstrap Core CSS -->
    <link href="{% static 'plugins/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css' %}" rel="stylesheet">

I've follow a lot of tutorials but I don't know what i'm doing wrong. I know by this question (Django Static Files Development) that the static files are served in two different way when is in Dev and in production.

Someone can help me?

where are you hosting your app? Also have you read about the `collect static`? — N. Ivanov, Dec 19 '17 at 09:18
I'm using default `runserver` from django, all this stuff are in my development environment — Vitor Villar, Dec 19 '17 at 09:20
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/contrib/staticfiles/ AND https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/howto/static-files/ — Anup Yadav, Dec 19 '17 at 09:21

itzMEonTV · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-19T09:31:47.447

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Try this

os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "finances", "static")

edited Dec 19 '17 at 09:31

answered Dec 19 '17 at 09:28

itzMEonTV

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What's the point of using `os.path.join()` if you hardcode a separator in a part of the path ??? This should be `os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "finances", "static")`. – bruno desthuilliers Dec 19 '17 at 09:31
Yeah. did it. :) – itzMEonTV Dec 19 '17 at 09:32
@brunodesthuilliers, i think it will untill any changes in `STATICFILES_FINDERS`. Since both finders are different. – itzMEonTV Dec 19 '17 at 09:40
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`AppDirectoriesFinder` is for finding `APPS`. Here `finances` is his project – itzMEonTV Dec 19 '17 at 09:51
Duh! I need another coffee obviously #facepalm – bruno desthuilliers Dec 19 '17 at 09:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 09 '19 at 14:39

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For other people facing this problem and using Windows, keep in mind that you may need to restart the development server (the ".manage runserver" command) after having added new static files.

answered Oct 09 '19 at 14:39

Claudio Finizio

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