This is the server component for the Web Doctor Educator, a project sponsored through the Rochester Institute of Technology. The goal of the WDE is to provide a tool for doctors in Rwanda to use when on the job to help them obtain treatment-related information easily when in a low-bandwidth environment.
To run the server you will need Python 3 or greater which should come with
pip pre-installed. Once you have that run pip install -r requirements.txt
to install all the requirements. Using virtualenv
is recommended to make it easier to manage your Python environment.
You will also need to configure the database. To set up initial settings you will
need to run python manage.py makemigrations followed by python manage.py migrate.
These commands set up the database. Eventually migration files will be included but
not while the models are still subject to change on a whim.
To run the server in production please follow Django's deployment checklist and
best practices. Links can be found in webdoctor/settings.py.
To actually start the server cd into the directory and run
python manage.py runserver.
To run it in production run python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0.
Because webdoctor-server uses Django it can also be run using WSGI or FastCGI. Please refer to the Django documentation for how to accomplish this.
The code should conform to Python's PEP8 style guide. Comments are not mandatory but almost everything should be commented.
Timezones are disabled because it was going to be way too complicated to deal with them. Instead all times are in UTC with an offset of zero (0) hours. Clients should convert times to a timezone suited to their needs.
The discussion module deals with the integrated discussion boards.
The login module deals with authentication and verification. This includes
password resets and verifying that a doctor is licensed to practice.
Finally the (NYI) content module deals with content which is used by clients
for performing medicine. This includes searchable documents and anything else
relevant. These files will be managed by administrators and updated on the device
when the are changed on the server.