README.md

Varchas

Main web portal for the annual sports fest of IIT Jodhpur Varchas.

Installation:

Requirements:

• Python 3.7.1 runtime
• Django 3.0.0
• Other dependencies in requirements.txt

Procedure:

• Install python in your environment(pre-installed on Ubuntu).

• Navigate to the cloned repository.

  cd <project_directory_name>     # varchas_iitj
  

• Install pipenv for dependency management

  pip install pipenv
  

• Use pip to install other dependencies from requirements.txt

  pip install -r requirements.txt
  

• Optionally activate virtual environment, if you don't want to activate env, use pipenv run to run python scripts

  source "$(pipenv --venv)"/bin/activate
  

• Make database migrations

  python manage.py makemigrations
  python manage.py migrate
  

  NOTE: If its your first time migrating, you may need to manually add migration module in each app.

  python manage.py makemigrations main
  python manage.py makemigrations accounts
  python manage.py makemigrations adminportal
  python manage.py makemigrations events
  python manage.py makemigrations registration
  python manage.py makemigrations sponsors
  python manage.py migrate
  

• Create a superuser

  python manage.py createsuperuser 
  

• Run development server on localhost

  python manage.py runserver