Installation and Local Setup

This guide covers setting up the app for local development.

• Install Python 3 on your system.
• Install virtualenvwrapper for managing Python virtual environments.
  This guide contains good documentation on installing and managing virtual environments.
• Create a virtualenv for isolating the project's dependencies from the global Python dependencies.
  mkvirtualenv -p $(which python3) slcon
  We want to be specific on the Python interpreter to use inside the virtualenv, hence the -p option.
• Clone the repository
  git clone [email protected]:AndelaOSP/slcon-mentor.git
cd slcon-mentor
• Ensure the virtualenv you created is active
  workon slcon
• Install the dependencies
  pip install -r requirements.txt
• Run the database migrations
  python manage.py migrate
• And finally, start the app
  python manage.py runserver