umuc-cs-slack

A Django web app for automating the invite process for the UMUC-CS Slack team that is currently deployed on Heroku:

UMUC-CS Slack Invite Page

This project is powered by the Django Slack Invite Tool.

Development

Interested in helping contribute to the community? Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details on how to properly configure the web application for local development and other guidelines.

Setup

Requirements

Make sure you have the following installed:

• Python 3.6
• pip3
• Virtualenv/Vivrtualenvwrapper
• Heroku Toolbelt

Setting up the Development Environment

Create your virtual environments, specifying the path to python3:

$ mkvirtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3 dev

$ mkvirtualenv --pytohn=/usr/bin/python3 prod

$ mkvirtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3 test

Set the local environment variables in the postactivate and predactive scripts.

Switch to the dev environment and install the required packages:

$ workon dev
(dev)$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Test the local Development Environment

Verify the local Django web server:

(dev)$ python slack_invite/manage.py runserver

Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000

Terminate the local Django server from the command line with Ctrl+c

Switch to the production environment and verify the local Heroku Server:

(dev)$ deactivate
$ workon prod
(prod)$ heroku local

Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000

Functional Testing

Switch to the test environment and verify that the functional tests pass:

(prod)$ deactivate
$ workon test
(test)$ python slack_invite/manage.py test