chore: update dependencies related to ci and python (#817)

* ci(deps): Update versions for CircleCI browser tools

* chore(deps): bump the python version to 3.12.3

And introduce asdf to manage the python version(s) in a local dev environment.

* chore: ignore .idea files

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 version: 2.1
 orbs:
-  browser-tools: circleci/browser-tools@1.2.1
+  browser-tools: circleci/browser-tools@1.4.8
 jobs:
   test:
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/python:3.9-browsers
+      - image: cimg/python:3.12.3-browsers
         environment:
           PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT: true
     working_directory: ~/mignonnesaurus-blog

.gitignore

@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ db.sqlite3
 htmlcov
 coverage.xml
 geckodriver.log
+
+.idea

.tool-versions

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python 3.12.3

Pipfile

@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ setuptools = "==69.5.1"
 [dev-packages]
 
 [requires]
-python_version = "3.9"
+python_version = "3.12"

README.md

@@ -34,11 +34,14 @@ I :yellow_heart: the [Django Girls Tutorial](https://tutorial.djangogirls.org/en
 
 ### How to run the project locally?
 
-1. Make sure you have [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) installed on your machine.
+1. Install the version of Python the [.tool-versions](.tool-versions) file.
+  * You may want to use [asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/) for this purpose.
+
+2. Make sure you have [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) installed on your machine.
   * A [Makefile](Makefile) was added to the project to simplify some tasks.
 
-2. The project uses [pipenv](https://github.com/pypa/pipenv) to manage the Python dependencies and facilitate the 
-   workflow when working with a virtualenv. So, please [install pipenv](https://github.com/pypa/pipenv#installation) 
+3. The project uses [pipenv](https://github.com/pypa/pipenv) to manage the Python dependencies and facilitate the 
+   workflow when working with a virtualenv. You'll need to [install pipenv](https://github.com/pypa/pipenv#installation) 
    before getting started:
 ```bash
 brew install pipenv
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ make runserver
 
 ### Test suite
 
-All the tests that are run as part of CI are in the [tests](tests) folder and you can run them locally with:
+All the tests that are run as part of CI are in the [tests](tests) folder, and you can run them locally with:
 
 ```bash
 python manage.py test tests