RobPruzan / WeCode

Welcome to the programmers network!

This social media app specifically designed for coders to connect and share ideas. Link- https://main.dlj9861zt9mlo.amplifyapp.com/

Setup

To get started, make sure you have Python and Typescript installed on your machine.

Database

Install neccesary dependencies for django postgres intergration (with brew)

brew install postgresql

Start up postgres

brew services start postgresql

Create db

createdb <db_name>

Create user and password

psql <db_name>
<db_name>=# CREATE USER <user> WITH PASSWORD '<password>'
<db_name>=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE postgres TO <user>;

To confirm the role exists run the following commands and the role should appear

psql <db_name>
\du

Python

1. Install the necessary requirements by running the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Django X Postgres

We need to connect django to our Postrgres DB

To do this navigate to local_settings.py From root of the project navigate to backend/backend

Within local_settings.py place your DB information used earlier to create your DB

DATABASES = {
    "default": {
        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2",
        "NAME": "<db_name>",
        "USER": "<user_name>",
        "PASSWORD": "<password>",
        "HOST": "localhost",
        "PORT": "5432",
    }
}

3. Run the following commands to migrate the database:

python3 manage.py makemigrations
python3 manage.py migrate

Starting the server

To start the django server run this command:

python3 manage.py runserver

If this command fails for any reason make sure you:

• Have installed the neccesary dependencies
• Are in your virtualenv (if you are using one)
• Are in the right directory (WeCode/backend)
• Spelled the command correctly

Typescript

1. Navigate to the web directory:

cd web

2. Install the necessary packages by running the following command:

npm install

3. Start the development server by running the following command:

npm run start

And that's it! You should now be able to access the social network at http://localhost:3000.

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