COM.S.AS Website - UY1

Overview

This repository aims at building a website for the Computer Science Association (COM.S.AS). This is for a proper management (like information backup) for the current and future generations of the (executive )association and an online presence to enable accessibility to students and facilitate communications in the upcomin days.

Project Location

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Project setup

1. Clone the repositiory into your workstation (device/machine) by running the command:
   

    git clone https://github.com/COMSAS-UY1/comsas-website.git
   

2. Place yourself at the root of the project.
   

    C:\Users\...\comsas-website\
   

Before executing the following commands, always make sure you are at the root of the project.

3. Setup the virtual environment for the project at its root by running the following commands:
   Creation/Installation

    1. pip install virtualenv
    2. virtualenv .env
   

   Activation on Windows

    3. .env\Scripts\activate
   

   Activation on Linux/MacOS

    3. source .env/bin/activate
   

   To deactivate the already activated virtual environment, simply type deactivate in the terminal, if not run the following command:
   

   Deactivation on Windows

    .env\Scripts\deactivate
   

   Deactivation on Linux/MacOS

    source .env/bin/deactivate
   

4. Inside the created and activated virtual environment, Install the required packages from requirements.txt by running the command:
   

    pip install -r requirements.txt
   

Launching of the project

Before executing the following commands, always make sure you are at the root of the project.

5. Migrate the data to the database (Sqllite by default):
   

    python manage.py migrate
   

6. Run the project using the command:
   

    python manage.py runserver
   

7. Check the server is running by going to localhost:8000