news_wall A news aggerator web app that scraps the news websites and serving those scrapped news via Django Framework.

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Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

Any Code Editor (VS Code preferred)
Python version 3.7 or higher
Latest version of Git
A PythonAnywhere Account (for deploying the project on a live system)

Development Environment Setup : Windows

Step 1 : Downloading and Installing the Code Editor

Step 2 : Installing Python

• Click on Download Python.

• Click on the "Latest Python 3 Release - Python x.x.x" link.

  • • Download the Windows x86-64 executable installer for 64-bit version of Windows
  • • Download the Windows x86 executable installer for 32-bit version of Windows.

• Make sure to check "Add Python 3.x to Path" in the setup window of the Installer.

Verify the installation from the command prompt using following command :

python --version

And the installed version of python will be printed.

Step 3: Creating Project Directory

(Note : We are creating project directory in the desktop for ease of access)

cd desktop

mkdir myproject

cd myproject

Step 4: Cloning the Repository using Git

git clone https://github.com/chiraag-kakar/news_wall.git

Step 5: Creating Virtual Environment

Change the directory to the required one where the virtual environment will be created :

cd news_wall

Creating Virtual Environment named "myvenv" :

python -m venv myvenv

Activating "myvenv" :

myvenv\Scripts\activate

Command to deactivate "myvenv" :

deactivate

Step 6: Installing Requirements

Note: Virtual Environment should be activated.

Upgrading pip to the latest version :

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

Installing requirements :

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 7: Creating Superuser and making database migrations to access the default Admin Panel

python manage.py createsuperuser

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Step 8: Running the Project in local server

Note: Virtual Environment should be activated.

Run the following command in the terminal :

python manage.py runserver

Congratulations for setting up the project locally.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.