mdgspace / 2023_lecture_2_notes-app-backend

Notes App Backend

It is a demo app for django beginners. It has a few features to get you started:

• Basic CRUD operations
• DRF (django rest framework)
• Implementation of urls and serializers

Getting Started

This project is for beginners to start learning Django by understanding the code.

A few resources to get you started if this is your first Django project:

• Tutorial: Write your first Django app
• Quickstart: Django Rest Framework

For help getting started with Django development, view the online documentation, which offers tutorials, samples, guidance on django web framework

Setup

1. Download the project

• Clone the repo using git clone https://github.com/photon0205/notes-app-backend.git

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2. Creating Virtual Environment

• Open the clone folder in VS Code

  • Virtual environment: Windows

    • To create a new virtualenv, you need to open the terminal and run python -m venv myvenv.
    • Start your virtual environment by running: myvenv\Scripts\activate

  • Virtual environment: Linux and OS X

    • We can create a virtualenv on both Linux and OS X by running python3 -m venv myvenv on the terminal.
    • Start your virtual environment by running: source myvenv/bin/activate

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3. Downloading packages

• Run pip install -r requirements.txt in the terminal to install all the packages mentioned in requirements.txt
• After installation is completed run python manage.py runserver to start the server at http://localhost:8000

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