Maker Notes

Forked from: https://github.com/sebst/pythonic-news/

A Hacker News lookalike written in Python/Django

Create admin user

py manage.py createsuperuser

Create a virtual env

cd ~
python3 -m venv venv/

Linux
source ~/venv/bin/activate

Windows
<venv>\Scripts\Activate.ps1

Freezing requirements

pip freeze > requirements.txt
pip install -r requirements.txt

Setup for local development

Set up virtual environment

python -m venv venv/
source venv/bin/activate

Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Migrate Database

python manage.py migrate

Extra setup work

• Set DEBUG=True if necessary
• Add 127.0.0.1 to ALLOWED_HOSTS

Run Django Server

python manage.py runserver

Now you can access the website at 127.0.0.1:8000.

Get Libs for Windows

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64261546/how-to-solve-error-microsoft-visual-c-14-0-or-greater-is-required-when-inst https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#cffi