TSCT Portal

The unofficial learning management system for Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology built on Python, Flask, and PostgreSQL.

Installation

Create a virtual environment then install the project:

$ python3 -m venv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
(venv) $ pip install -e .

Developer dependencies can be installed with:

(venv) $ pip install -e '.[test]'

Flask commands require the following environment variables to be set:

(venv) $ export FLASK_APP=portal
(venv) $ export FLASK_ENV=development

Database Setup

To run the application locally, you need a running instance of PostgreSQL. Create a database and user according to the configuration settings in portal/__init__.py. Then you can run the following command to create the necessary tables:

(venv) $ flask init-db

If you want to run tests, you'll have to create a second database according to the configuration in tests/conftest.py.

Running The App

(venv) $ flask run

Tests and Coverage

(venv) $ pytest
(venv) $ pytest -v
(venv) $ coverage run -m pytest

Creating Users(teacher or student)

(venv) $ flask create-user
Enter user's email
> (enter your user's email here)
Enter user's password
> (enter your user's password here_
Enter user's role
> (enter your user's role here. Only 'student' or 'teacher' is allowed)

The first command will run the test functions defined in the tests/ directory. The second gives a more detailed output. Run the third command to generate a report of the code covered by the tests. You can view this report in the terminal with coverage report or with more detail in the browser with coverage html.