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Normal way of instalation:

install python
install django
install database
install virtualenv
setup environment variables
setup heroku configuration

1. Python

Download from http://www.python.org/ If you’re running Linux or Mac OS X, you probably already have it installed.

2. Django setup

Visit https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/install/ for a comprehensive tutorial on how to install django on your machine NOTE: DO NOT MODIFY settings.py (if you do please don't commit the changes to github) check the environment variables setup if you want to make any changes in the settings.py file

3. Database (Prefered Postgresql)

You could use any Database localy for development and testing. We recommend using PostgreSQL since we are using it in production.

4. virtualenv

Here is where you can learn more about virtual environments:

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv

This is an easy link that sets up your virtualenv on a linux machine:

http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/install/linux/

5. Environment variables

You can find in the following file the environment variables. Copy them to your ~/.bashrc file. If you make changes to the configuration do not commit this file to github

dev_env_vars

6. Setup a heroku environment and configuration

Follow up the instructions on

https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-django

Commands

Useful commands:

virtualenv venv --distribute

source venv/bin/activate

pip install django-toolbelt

then to start the application either one of the commands

foreman start

./manage.py runserver

Folder/Files structure is just like a normal Django application

My heroku requirements:

Django==1.5.4
argparse==1.2.1
dj-database-url==0.2.2
dj-static==0.0.5
django-toolbelt==0.0.1
gunicorn==18.0
psycopg2==2.5.1
static==0.4
wsgiref==0.1.2

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