ahmedeleven/maintenancerequests

Project to manage maintenance requests

Welcome to the project! This project is made with Django and includes a MySQL database. You can import SQL files to initialize the database with sample data.

The project was made to manage maintenance requests

Dependencies

To run this project, you need to install the following dependencies:

• Python 3.7 or higher
• Django 3.2.18 or higher
• MySQL 5.7 or higher
• mysqlclient

You can install other dependencies using pip. Run the following command in your terminal:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Importing SQL Files

To import SQL files into the database, follow these steps:

1. Open your terminal and navigate to the project directory.
2. Activate your virtual environment if you are using one.
3. Make sure you have MySQL installed and running.
4. Create a new database by running the following command:

mysql -u <username> -p -e "CREATE DATABASE <database_name>"

Replace <username> with your MySQL username and <database_name> with the name of the database you want to create.

5. Import the SQL file by running the following command:

mysql -u <username> -p <database_name> < <path_to_sql_file>

Replace <username> with your MySQL username, <database_name> with the name of the database you created, <path_to_sql_file> with the path of the SQL file found in the project root directory

6. Rename the file .env.example to .env and replace <your_mysql_password> with your database password

Running the Project

To run the project, follow these steps:

1. Open your terminal and navigate to the project directory.
2. Activate your virtual environment if you are using one.
3. Run the following command to start the development server:

python manage.py runserver

4. Open a web browser and navigate to the URL shown in the terminal output.

5. To view the project use the following username and password

   Username: admin
   Password: Sh@redP@ss123
   

That's it! You should now be able to view and interact with the project.