Lecture Alert System

A Django-based system for managing lecture schedules and notifications.

Features

• Lecturer and Admin authentication
• Course and Department management
• Lecture schedule management
• SMS notifications using Infobip
• Celery for background tasks

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+
• MySQL
• Redis
• Git

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/REPO_NAME.git
cd lecture_alert

2. Create virtual environment

python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Configure environment variables

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your configuration

5. Run migrations

python manage.py migrate

6. Start development server

python manage.py runserver

Environment Variables

Copy .env.example to .env and update the values:

• DEBUG: Set to False in production
• SECRET_KEY: Django secret key
• DB_*: Database configuration
• INFOBIP_*: Infobip SMS configuration
• CELERY_*: Celery configuration

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License