Semester Form Fillup System

This is an educational repository for a project of the 6th semster course CSE 616 titled Web Engineering Lab.

How to ?

• Install git >= 2.20.0, python >= 3.7, pip >= 18.1, virtualenv >= 16.2.0, nodejs >= v10.15.0, npm >= 6.4.1, WeasyPrint >= 44
• Install GTK+ libraries (because WeasyPrint requires it). To do so follow instructions at https://weasyprint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install.html
• Open a Terminal or Command Prompt
• Clone this repository:

    git clone https://github.com/chitholian/CSE-616-Semester-Form-Fillup-System.git

• Enter the newly created directory:

    cd CSE-616-Semester-Form-Fillup-System

• Create a virtual environment for python (Optional):

    virtualenv env

• Activate the virtual environment (for Windows):

    env\Scripts\activate

• Activate the virtual environment (for Linux and Mac):

    source env/bin/activate

• Install required pip modules:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

• Install Angular CLI globally (If you didn't already; this may require SU privillege, so run with sudo (in Linux and Mac) or Administrator in Windows):

    npm install -g @angular/cli

• Enter the frontend directory and install node modules:

    cd frontend
    npm ci install

• Compile frontend resources:

    ng build

• Enter Django project root directory (which contains the "manage.py" file):

    cd ../website/

• Create database migrations:

    python manage.py makemigrations

• Run database migrations:

    python manage.py migrate

• Create a super user:

    python manage.py createsuperuser

• Start Django development server:

    python manage.py runserver

• Now open http://127.0.0.1:8000/ with your web browser.

• You need to create some entities like Department, Semester, Hall, Course, Admin Users etc. from Django Admin Backend. To do so go to http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/