URL shortening is a technique on the World Wide Web in which a Uniform Resource Locator may be made substantially shorter and still direct to the required page. This is achieved by using a redirect which links to the web page that has a long URL.
To start contributing, follow the below guidelines:
🌟. Star🌟 the repo to appreciate the work.
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Take a look at the existing issues or create your own issues. Wait for the Issue to be assigned to you after which you can start working on it.
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Find a feature or a bug that you think you can do/implement.
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Open an issue.
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Get it assigned.
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Work on it and add comments for better understanding of code.
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Make a pull request.
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Wait for it to be merged
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And WOAHLAAAAAAAA! 🎉 You contributed to this project.
1. Fork this repository.
2. Clone your forked copy of the project.
git clone https://github.com/your_username/URLshortner
3. Navigate to the project directory :
cd URLshortner
4. Install Virtual environment in current directory :
pip install virtualenv
5. Initialise Virtual environment in current directory :
virtualenv venv
6. Activate Virtual environment in current directory :
venv\scripts\activate
7. Install Django in virtualenv :
pip install django
8. Try to Run the project :
python manage.py runserver
9. AND there is the project running in your browser.
Just download the source code as zip file and **Navigate to other ZIP file which contains virtualenv files** inside the main zip file.DOWNLOAD the highlighted ZIP file and Simpily unzip it.
Then RUN the project.
python manage.py runserver