Crowdforce

Crowdforce Django App

Installing Dependencies

Dependencies are listed in requirements.txt. If you use a module that is not in the list, simply add it to the list before the next commit. To get the exact version number, run:

pip freeze | grep [module name]

Using Virtualenv (recommended)

First, install virtualenv (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv)

Create a new virtual environment for the project. This makes deployments more consistent.

$ virtualenv venv --distribute

Start using the new Virtualenv:

$ source venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the server

CD to the root of the repo, then type:

$ python manage.py runserver

Get DB running

The choice of local db is yours.

• There is a file called local_settings.py.default.
• Copy this file and rename it to local_settings.py.
• You can then add whatever database settings you like, but those there are my personal settings, using postgres.
• Assuming you only models to write queries, database choice does not matter for development.

In deployment, we'll use Heroku's specially flavored PostgreSQL.