Polling Application

Project :- https://polling-app-frontend.onrender.com/

Backend :- https://polling.pythonanywhere.com/

Introduction

This is a web-based polling application developed using Django and React. It leverages the power of Django Rest Framework, Celery, and Redis to provide a real-time polling experience.

Features

• User-Friendly Interface: An intuitive and interactive interface for creating and participating in polls.
• Real-Time Updates: Poll results and activity are updated in real-time, providing a dynamic user experience.
• Poll Expiry: Every poll remains active for 24 hours. After that, it becomes invisible to all except its creator.
• Scalable and Efficient: Celery and Redis ensure efficient background task processing, making the application highly scalable.

Prerequisites

• Python
• Django
• React
• Django Rest Framework
• Celery
• Redis

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository.
2. Move to Django_Backend directory.

3. cd Django_Backend

4. Set up your Python environment and install the required packages.

5. pip install -r Requirements.txt

6. Create 'redisurl.txt' file in base directory of django(where manage.py file is present) and keep redis cloud database uri.
7. Start the Celery worker.

8. celery -A Polling worker --loglevel=info -P eventlet

9. Start the Django development server.

10. python manage.py runserver

11. Set up your react environment and install the required packages.
12. Move to react_frontend directory.

13. cd react_frontend

14. Start the React frontend (in the react_frontend directory).

15. npm install

16. npm start

Usage

• Visit the application in your web browser and start creating and voting on polls.
• Polls will automatically become inactive after 24 hours.