instructions.txt

Step 1: Create virtual environment in the root directory of the project.
    https://packaging.python.org/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/
    Add environment folder to gitignore file
    Activate the virtual environment

Step 2: Inside virtual environment, in the directory containing requirements.txt i.e. in the root directory, run following command to install all the required dependencies:
    pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 3: Connect django with MYSQL database.
    https://medium.com/@omaraamir19966/connect-django-with-mysql-database-f946d0f6f9e3

Step 4: Create superuser in django
    py manage.py createsuperuser

Step 5: Run the django server in the root directory
    py manage.py runserver

Step 5: For the frontend, go to the directory containing package.json and run following command:
    npm install

Step 6: Run the react's development server in the directory frontend/reserve-n-dine:
    npm start

Step 7: Use your preferred method to fetch API from backend
    I have used axios using this tutorial. 
    https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/build-a-to-do-application-using-django-and-react