added cacheing package

configured settings files
added decorations in urls.py

todo:
adjust cacheing levels to something that makes sense
not totally sure which pages should be cached in the first place (obviously static pages, but should there be any level of cacheing on more frequently accessed pages like my_links?)
not sure how to test outside docker or whether settings.py.template is correct (roomlist copypaste)

this is not a final commit

go/settings/settings.docker.py.template

@@ -168,3 +168,10 @@ EMAIL_TO = "to@example.com"
 # Domain used to email to users. See line 231 in views.py
 # ie. in Mason's case '@masonlive.gmu.edu'
 EMAIL_DOMAIN = os.environ['email_domain']
+
+# dummy cache for development-- doesn't actually cache things
+CACHES = {
+  'default': {
+    'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache',
+    }
+  }

go/settings/settings.py.template

@@ -179,3 +179,14 @@ EMAIL_TO = "to@example.com"
 # Domain used to email to users. See line 231 in views.py
 # ie. in Mason's case '@masonlive.gmu.edu'
 EMAIL_DOMAIN = "@example.com"
+
+# Use redis cache when not in local development
+if DEBUG:
+    pass
+else:
+    CACHES = {
+        'default': {
+            'BACKEND': 'redis_cache.RedisCache',
+            'LOCATION': '/var/run/redis/redis.sock',
+        },
+}

go/settings/urls.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from django.conf.urls import include, url
 import django.contrib.auth.views
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 
 # App Imports
@@ -18,26 +19,26 @@ admin.autodiscover()
 # Main list of project URL's
 urlpatterns = [
     # / - Homepage url.
-    url(r'^$', go.views.index, name='index'),
+    url(r'^$', cache_page(4)(go.views.index), name='index'),
 
     # /view/<short> - View URL data.
-    url(r'^view/(?P<short>[-\w]+)$', go.views.view, name='view'),
+    url(r'^view/(?P<short>[-\w]+)$', cache_page(60*15)(go.views.view), name='view'),
 
     # /about - About page.
-    url(r'^about/?$', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='core/about.html'),
+    url(r'^about/?$', cache_page(60*15)(TemplateView.as_view(template_name='core/about.html')),
         name='about'),
 
     # /signup - Signup page for access.
     url(r'^signup/?$', go.views.signup, name='signup'),
 
     # /myLinks - My-Links page, view and review links.
-    url(r'^myLinks/?$', go.views.my_links, name='my_links'),
+    url(r'^myLinks/?$', cache_page(10)(go.views.my_links), name='my_links'),
 
     # /delete/<short> - Delete a link, no content display.
     url(r'^delete/(?P<short>[-\w]+)$', go.views.delete, name='delete'),
 
     # /registered - registration complete page
-    url(r'^registered/?$', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='registered.html'),
+    url(r'^registered/?$', cache_page(60*15)(TemplateView.as_view(template_name='registered.html')),
         name='registered'),
 
     # /admin - Administrator interface.

requirements/base.txt

 Django==1.10
 django-crispy-forms==1.6.0
 django-ratelimit==1.0.1
+django-redis-cache==1.6.4
 git+https://github.com/bruno207/django-qrcode.git
 git+https://github.com/kstateome/django-cas.git
 git+https://github.com/bruno207/django-bootstrap3-datetimepicker.git
 hashids==1.1.0
 mysqlclient
+redis==2.10.5
 requests==2.11.0
 simplejson==3.8.2