Michigan Python Users Group Website

Setup

Fork the repository and then clone your copy to your machine.

Traverse to the projects root directory and create a virtual environment.

Mac OS venv

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Create virtual environment files in your current directory

python3 -m venv (folder name)

Activate environment

source (folder name)/bin/activate

Windows 10 venv

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Create virtual environment files in your current directory

python -m venv (folder name)

Activate environment

(folder name)/Scripts/activate.bat

To deactivate venv in either environment

deactivate

Install requirements

With the virtual environment active use the following command to install the projects requirements.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Test the setup

Now to test that the project is setup correctly we will start djangos built in webserver and attempt to request the landing page using an internet browser.

Start the server using the manage.py file.

python manage.py runserver 8080

Launch your prefered browser and send an http request to the port specified in the previous command.

localhost:8080

You should now see the projects front page.

Happy coding!