priyanshu-rmn / iMate

Database driven web application using Django : ITW-2 Project

I-Mate

Introduction

Hello There !!!
This is I-Mate a real-time web-chat app that lets you meet new and intresting people online. While being privacy centric and anonymous.

Setting up the Project

• Make sure python3.8 and pipenv are installed. Install pipenv by running pip install pipenv.
• Install python dependencies using the command pipenv install
• To activate this project's virtual environment, run pipenv shell.
• Run python manage.py migrate on the first run to apply migrations.

Starting Redis server

You need to have a redis server up and running to properly use this app. You can refer to link for instructions to install the redis server.

sudo docker run -p 6379:6379 -d redis:5

• Start the development server using python manage.py runserver