Or you could just use Dokku [0]? I don't mean to criticise the author's stack but if you just really want to focus on your application and spend less time figuring/learning about deployment then just adopt the 12 factor [1] approach and use Dokku with Fabric[2] for you server setup. I have a sample fabfile [3] I use for my initial server setup that I can easily modify to suit different project needs.

Ultimately, it comes down to personal preferences but Dokku being installable on your development machine (via virtualbox) you've got a very similar environment to production.

  [0] https://github.com/dokku/dokku
  [1] https://12factor.net/
  [2] http://www.fabfile.org/
  [3] https://github.com/johnwilson/django-wagtail-template/blob/master/fabfile.py