The application has following features:
- REST API for
- List of known users (friends)
- Creating, updating, and deleting transactions. the list of transactions.
- The transaction should be associated with a set of users to split it across. Users can/cannot be a member. It should also have a spending category
- Use Django's built-in authentication system to authenticate users
- Use Django's built-in ORM to store the data in an SQLite database
- The user interface should display the list of transactions and allow the user to filter the transactions by date and category.
- The user interface should display the total amount spent and the budget remaining based on the transactions.
- The application should have a simple user interface for creating, updating, and deleting transactions.
- The application should also show who owes you or who you owe.
- To run the app we need to have node and django installed on the system.
pip install django
- In a separate command prompt run the following command.
npm install react react-dom react-bootstrap
- Now navigate to the root directory of Django project (containing the manage.py file) in a command prompt. Run the following command to start the Django development server:
python manage.py runserver
- This will start the server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/. You can access the Django REST API at this address.
- In a separate command prompt, navigate to the root directory of React frontend (containing the package.json file). Run the following command to start the React development server:
npm start
- This will start the server at http://localhost:3000/. You can access the React user interface at this address.