TradersIn

About

This is a blog web application for traders where they can share their knowledge and expertise and also get to interact with one another in the platform.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Authors

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/LionelMv/TradersIn.git
   

2. Create a virtual environment:

   To learn how to create and activate a virtual environment, check this link: Django - Create Virtual Environment

3. Install required packages:

   All these packages are listed in the requirements file:

   • Django
   • Python-decouple
   • Pillow
   • djangorestframework
   • mysql-connector-python
   • crispy-bootstrap5

   To learn how to use python-decouple, check this link: python-decouple

   pip install requirements.txt
   

4. Configure your own database:

   While using SQL lite is sufficient, you can choose to use a different database according to your preference. For this project, I have used MySQL. You need to install MySQL and configure it to work with this project. Reference Manual: How to Use MySQL with Django.

   After, run the following commands when in the project directory.

   cd TradersIn
   python manage.py createsuperuser
   python manage.py makemigrations
   python manage.py migrate
   

Usage

cd TradersIn
python manage.py runserver

On your browser, run the following link: http://127.0.0.1:8000/ or http://localhost:8000/.

API Documentation

The documentation of the API created using Django Rest Framework (DRF) is on the file api.md.

Contributing

Want to make TradersIn better?

• Fork the project.
• Create a new branch to work on git checkout -b <feature_branch>
• You can name the branch with the prefix feature_
• Add your changes and push them to the branch: git push
• Open a pull request

Authors

Lionel Gicheru LinkedIn