feat: Add WhiteNoise for optimized static file serving

config/settings.py

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",  # Add WhiteNoise Middleware
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
@@ -181,6 +182,10 @@ STATICFILES_DIRS = [
     BASE_DIR / 'node_modules',
 ]
 
+# Enable WhiteNoise's Gzip compression of static assets.
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
+
+
 # Media files
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'media'

requirements.txt

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ drf-yasg
 gunicorn==22.0.0
 django-cors-headers
 django-admin-rangefilter
-requests
+requestswhitenoise