cs253-team2/backend

CampusPay backend

CampusPay backend

(Make sure you have Python 3.8 or above and latest version of pip installed on your system before starting this setup.)

For the developing team: Clone the branch titled with <your-name> into your required directory.

Everyone else may clone the main branch

Steps to Setup your system

1. Setting up and activating the virtual environment

a) For Windows:

  py -m pip install --user virtualenv 

This downloads the packages necessary for creating virtual environments on your system.

  py -m venv djangoenv 

This creates a virtual environment.

  djangoenv\Scripts\activate.bat

This activates your virtual environment. Working on the virtual environment ensures the stability of dependencies used for the project.

b) For Linux/MacOS:

   python3 -m pip install --user virtualenv

   python3 -m venv djangoenv

   source djangoenv/bin/activate

You may now navigate to the directory containing your backend repository using the terminal. Now you can run the following command:

a) For Windows/Linux/MacOS:

  pip install -r requirements.txt

  pip freeze > requirements.txt

This installs all the requirements in the requirements.txt file and freezes them to prevent updates. If you wish, you can install all the required packages step-by-step as well.

2. Install Django version 4.1.7

a) For Windows:

  pip install django==4.1.7

b) For Linux/MacOS:

  pip3 install django==4.1.7

3. Install djangorestframework version 3.14.0

a) For Windows:

  pip install djangorestframework==3.14.0

b) For Linux/MacOS:

  pip3 install djangorestframework==3.14.0

4. Install django-cors-headers version 3.13.0

a) For Windows:

  pip install django-cors-headers==3.13.0

b) For Linux/MacOS:

  pip3 install django-cors-headers=3.13.0

5. Install djangorestframework-simplejwt version 5.2.2

a) For Windows:

  pip install djangorestframework-simplejwt==5.2.2

b) For Linux/MacOS:

  pip3 install djangorestframework-simplejwt==5.2.2

You are now good to go!