Can't get app to load

[jimbofreedman]

jimbo@mako:~/dev$ mkvirtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.4 gulptest
Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/bin/python3.4
Using base prefix '/usr'
New python executable in gulptest/bin/python3.4
Also creating executable in gulptest/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
(gulptest)jimbo@mako:~/dev$ pip install django django-gulp
Collecting django
  Using cached Django-1.8.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting django-gulp
  Using cached django_gulp-2.1.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting psutil==2.2.1 (from django-gulp)
Collecting futures==2.2.0 (from django-gulp)
  Using cached futures-2.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting ansicolors==1.0.2 (from django-gulp)
Collecting env-tools==2.0 (from django-gulp)
  Using cached env_tools-2.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting tini>=3.0.0 (from env-tools==2.0->django-gulp)
  Using cached tini-3.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting six>=1.9.0 (from tini>=3.0.0->env-tools==2.0->django-gulp)
  Using cached six-1.10.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting configparser>=3.5.0b2 (from tini>=3.0.0->env-tools==2.0->django-gulp)
Installing collected packages: django, psutil, futures, ansicolors, six, configparser, tini, env-tools, django-gulp
Successfully installed ansicolors-1.0.2 configparser-3.5.0b2 django-1.8.6 django-gulp-2.1.1 env-tools-2.0.0 futures-2.2.0 psutil-2.2.1 six-1.10.0 tini-3.0.1
(gulptest)jimbo@mako:~/dev$ django-admin startproject gulptest
(gulptest)jimbo@mako:~/dev$ cd gulptest
(gulptest)jimbo@mako:~/dev/gulptest$ npm install gulp
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(gulptest)jimbo@mako:~/dev/gulptest$ echo "INSTALLED_APPS += ('django_gulp',)" >> gulptest/settings.py
(gulptest)jimbo@mako:~/dev/gulptest$ echo "var gulp = require('gulp'); gulp.task('default', function() { console.log('Gulp is working') });" > gulpfile.js
(gulptest)jimbo@mako:~/dev/gulptest$ gulp
[06:49:10] Using gulpfile ~/dev/gulptest/gulpfile.js
[06:49:10] Starting 'default'...
Gulp is working
[06:49:10] Finished 'default' after 95 μs
(gulptest)jimbo@mako:~/dev/gulptest$ ./manage.py migrate
Operations to perform:
  Synchronize unmigrated apps: staticfiles, django_gulp, messages
  Apply all migrations: contenttypes, admin, auth, sessions
Synchronizing apps without migrations:
  Creating tables...
    Running deferred SQL...
  Installing custom SQL...
Running migrations:
  Rendering model states... DONE
  Applying contenttypes.0001_initial... OK
  Applying auth.0001_initial... OK
  Applying admin.0001_initial... OK
  Applying contenttypes.0002_remove_content_type_name... OK
  Applying auth.0002_alter_permission_name_max_length... OK
  Applying auth.0003_alter_user_email_max_length... OK
  Applying auth.0004_alter_user_username_opts... OK
  Applying auth.0005_alter_user_last_login_null... OK
  Applying auth.0006_require_contenttypes_0002... OK
  Applying sessions.0001_initial... OK
(gulptest)jimbo@mako:~/dev/gulptest$ ./manage.py runserver
Performing system checks...

System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
November 16, 2015 - 06:49:17
Django version 1.8.6, using settings 'gulptest.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.

I've spent a bit of time trying to work out why this wasn't loading in my existing project, and eventually decided to just see if I could get it working in an empty project. These are the steps I've taken.

When I try and inspect manually in the shell, everything seems fine:

C(gulptest)jimbo@mako:~/dev/gulptest$ ./manage.py shell
Python 3.4.3 (default, Mar 26 2015, 22:03:40)
[GCC 4.9.2] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
(InteractiveConsole)
>>> from django.conf import settings
>>> print(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
('django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'django_gulp')
>>> from django_gulp.management.commands import runserver
>>> print(runserver)
<module 'django_gulp.management.commands.runserver' from '/home/jimbo/.virtualenvs/gulptest/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django_gulp/management/commands/runserver.py'>

... but on runserver, nothing gulp-related happens.

I tried cloning the repo and putting the django_gulp folder into my project directly - it seems that django_gulp/__init__.py executes, but django_gulp/management/__init.py__ does not (I put print statements in them)

Do you have any ideas what might be going on? Have you encountered this?

[jimbofreedman]

Poking around the repo, and #1 solves my issue.

[beaugunderson]

I'm going to update #1, needed to do some research to further specify where in the INSTALLED_APPS list django_gulp needs to be; it doesn't need to be first but it does need to come before django.contrib.staticfiles. :)