More robust django settings and removed STATICFILES_DIRS

backend/base_app/settings.py

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/
 """
 
 import os
-from os.path import dirname
+from os.path import dirname, normpath, join
 import sys
 
-# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
+# Build paths inside the project like this: join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 # Is the root of the REPOSITORY
 BASE_DIR = dirname(dirname(dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
@@ -58,24 +58,13 @@ if os.environ["ENV"] == "DEV":
 else:
     DEBUG = False
 
-##########
-# Webpack loader related
 WEBPACK_LOADER = {
     "DEFAULT": {
         "BUNDLE_DIR_NAME": "base_app/bundles/",
-        "STATS_FILE": os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "frontend/webpack-stats.json"),
+        "STATS_FILE": join(BASE_DIR, "frontend/webpack-stats.json"),
     }
 }
 
-STATICFILES_DIRS = (
-    os.path.join(
-        BASE_DIR, "backend/base_app/static/base_app"
-    ),  # We do this so that django's collectstatic copies or our bundles to the STATIC_ROOT or syncs them to whatever storage we use.
-)
-# End of webpack loader related
-###########
-
-
 ALLOWED_PHOTOS_EXTENSION = ["jpg", "jpeg", "png", "svg"]
 INTERNAL_IPS = ["127.0.0.1"]
 
@@ -149,7 +138,7 @@ DATABASES = {
 # DATABASES = {
 #     "default": {
 #         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-#         "NAME": os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, "../database.db"),
+#         "NAME": join(PROJECT_DIR, "../database.db"),
 #     }
 # }
 
@@ -178,7 +167,7 @@ USE_L10N = True
 USE_TZ = True
 
 STATIC_URL = "/static/"
-STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
+STATIC_ROOT = normpath(join(BASE_DIR, "static"))
 
-MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media")
+MEDIA_ROOT = normpath(join(BASE_DIR, "media"))
 MEDIA_URL = "/media/"