Use whitenoise for static file serving

Author: jpadilla

requirements.txt

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ coreapi==2.3.3
 psycopg2==2.7.3.2
 dj-database-url==0.4.2
 gunicorn==19.7.1
+whitenoise==3.3.1

tutorial/settings.py

@@ -35,13 +35,15 @@
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
+    'whitenoise.runserver_nostatic',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'rest_framework',
     'snippets.apps.SnippetsConfig',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -119,6 +121,8 @@
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
 
 # Django REST Framework
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {