This is one of many Django apps which is a loose collection of utility functions. It is a mixture of Python code and Javascript that I find myself writing over and over. Primarily it focuses around utilities for AJAX and testing.
Note that while there are a few handy pieces of code in this project, it does nothing well and is being retired.
If you are using the SSL related tools I suggest using django-secure. Even better just run your whole site under SSL and do the redirect at the load balancer.
The AppMediaDirectoriesFinder is no longer relevant now that apps have migrated to
the /static/ convention.
Some of the view decorators and testing utilities can still be handy but are trivial to recreate or copy for your own needs.
Optional (but recommended)
The jQuery library is not included in the distribution but should be included in your templates.
To use the :ref:`CoverageRunner` you need to install Ned Batchelder's coverage.py.
It is easiest to install django-hilbert from PyPi:
pip install django-hilbert