add static files, whitenoise and uvicorn

dronewars/settings.py

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
@@ -121,6 +122,9 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = "static/"
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage"
+WHITENOISE_USE_FINDERS = True
 
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     "DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES": (