modern-django-starter/django_project/settings/development.py

"""
Development settings for Django project.
"""
from .base import *

DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', '127.0.0.1', '0.0.0.0']

# Add browser reload middleware for development
MIDDLEWARE.insert(0, 'django_browser_reload.middleware.BrowserReloadMiddleware')

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': config('DB_NAME', default='django_db'),
        'USER': config('DB_USER', default='django_user'),
        'PASSWORD': config('DB_PASSWORD', default='django_password'),
        'HOST': config('DB_HOST', default='db'),
        'PORT': config('DB_PORT', default='5432'),
    }
}

# EMAIL_BACKEND is configured in base.py from .env file

LOGGING = {
    'version': 1,
    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
    'handlers': {
        'console': {
            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
        },
    },
    'root': {
        'handlers': ['console'],
    },
    'loggers': {
        'django': {
            'handlers': ['console'],
            'level': 'INFO',
            'propagate': False,
        },
    },
}