Django canvas is a web utility that builds base projects given a combination of settings and packages.

Rebuilding packages can be quite repetitive, remembering where the docs of the various packages are and how to correctly install them. Dajngo canvas helps by easily creating a starter project for you, providing requirement files and virtualenv out of the box.

After you select the packages and download the application it is important you understand the structure of the starter project you have downloaded.
There are various parts of the proejct needing some explanation:

1. The docs folder contains the aggregate of the urls to homepage, repository and documentation of the various selected packages
2. The start.sh and start.bat are the scripts necessary in order to setup the virtualenv and isntall all the dependencies of the starter app. This is just a convenience script and can be manually performed by you.
3. The settings.py file is setup taking in consideration portability.