## Environment Variables

### Managing Secrets

```python
# Use python-decouple or django-environ
import environ

env = environ.Env(
    # set casting, default value
    DEBUG=(bool, False)
)

# reading .env file
environ.Env.read_env()

SECRET_KEY = env('DJANGO_SECRET_KEY')
DATABASE_URL = env('DATABASE_URL')
ALLOWED_HOSTS = env.list('ALLOWED_HOSTS')

# .env file (never commit this)
DEBUG=False
SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key-here
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname
ALLOWED_HOSTS=example.com,www.example.com
```