title: Django: Global settings variables
body: <p>Suppose I have some global settings for my Django project, stored in a text file for easy editing. I want to load the settings, and then store these variables such that they are accessible from any of my view functions. However, I have read that global variables in Django are discouraged. So, how should I do it? I know how to store these variables in a database, but this seems overkill just for storing a few simple variables.</p>