DEV_STACK

Description

A django based applicaiton for making a developer's profile with feature like showcasing skills, tech Stack and Peojects.

Technologies Used

• Django
• Python 3.12.x
• HTML/CSS/JS
• JavaScript (optional)
• Database name - can be used any on your preference (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite)
• Tailwincss

Installation

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed:

• Python 3.12
• Django 3.x+
• pip (Python package manager)
• [Optional] Virtual environment tool (virtualenv or venv)

Steps

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/CodeWithSaurabhYadav/dev_stack

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd dev_stack

3. Create and activate a virtual environment (recommended):

    # For virtualenv
    virtualenv venv
    source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows use `venv\Scripts\activate`
   
    # For venv (Python 3 built-in)
    python3 -m venv venv
    source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows use `venv\Scripts\activate`  

4. Install project dependencies:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Set up the database:

• If you are using the default SQLite database, Django will create it automatically. Otherwise, configure your database settings in the settings.py file, and then run:

   python manage.py migrate

6. Create a superuser (admin account):

    python manage.py createsuperuser

7. Run the development server:

   • gunicorn is used because of this application being a ASGI application and not WSGI
   • Note: python manage.py runserver does not run the application in ASGI

    gunicorn dev_stack.asgi:application -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker --bind 0.0.0.0:8000

   Open your browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000/ to access the project.

Configuration

Database

To change the database settings, open the settings.py file and modify the DATABASES setting. Example for PostgreSQL:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'your_db_name',
        'USER': 'your_db_user',
        'PASSWORD': 'your_password',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '5432',
    }
}

or

For using SQLite

# To use this you will need to create a file named 'db.sqlite3'

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
    }
}

Stactic files

Django collects static files using the collectstatic command. Ensure that STATIC_URL and STATIC_ROOT are properly configured in settings.py. Run:

python manage.py collectstatic