Simplify the workflow of updating the gymkhana website without much knowledge on how to code. And also provide certain utility features.

This project includes:

• A main web portal which can be updated dynamically through an admin interface.
• A forum/discussion app for general purpose discussions.
• An app called Konnekt to find/search people with a certain required skill set.

Requirements:

• Python 3.6 runtime
• Django >= 2.1.6
• Other dependencies in Pipfile

Procedure:

• Install python in your environment(pre-installed on Ubuntu).
• Navigate to the cloned repository.

  cd <project_directory_name>     # gymkhana_portal
  

• Install pipenv for dependency management

  pip install pipenv
  

• Copy .env.example to .env

  cp .env.example .env
  

• Use pipenv to install other dependencies from Pipfile

  pipenv install --dev
  

• Activate the new virtual environment

  pipenv shell
  

• Change to source code directory

  cd src
  

• Make database migrations

  python manage.py makemigrations
  python manage.py migrate
  

• Create a superuser

  python manage.py createsuperuser
  

• Download the static.zip from #gymkhana on Slack and extract the contents under src/static
  Note: This project uses proprietary UI assets, which cannot be shared on GitHub. However you may use free version of mdbootstrap as an alternative. Some things may not look as intended.
• Run development server on localhost

  python manage.py runserver 
  

This will populate the database with random values for testing.

python manage.py createfixture