I have a Django template I am trying to run with my own JS code. So I extended the admin template login in my /templates folder of my app.

However, I can confirm the script is there if I go to: http://localhost:8000/static/admin.js

But in the source and console log never appear. I don't ever see my script tag either.

This is my dir structure:

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Here's my template code:

{% extends "admin/login.html" %}
{% load static %}

{% block content %}
  <h2> hello world! </h2>
  <p>{% static 'admin.js' %}<p>
{% endblock %}
<script src="{% static 'admin.js' %}"></script>

My settings do have APP_DIRS set to true as well so it should see the template and it does but doesn't put in my script tag.