FOFviz: Flow of Funds Analysis System

FOFviz is a Web-Based User-Friendly Solution for Macroeconomic Data Visualization, Analysis and Financial Forecasting.

Project Advisor: Asst. Prof. Seyid Amjad Ali

Running the project

You need Python 3 to run the project.
It is highly recommended to use a Python Virtual Environment.
Make sure you have Python 3, pip and Virtual Environment. Make sure you have downloaded Python > 3.4, pip is bundled with newer versions.
If you don't have Python 3, pip, Virtual Environment do following steps.
1. Check your Python version
  - for Windows by typing
```
python --version
```
  - for UNIX-Like Operation Systems (Mac OS X / OS X / macOS / GNU Linux Distributions) by typing
```
python3 --version
```
  - If you don't have Python 3
    - Python 3 can be downloaded from
      https://www.python.org/
2. Installation of Virtual Environment
  - for Windows by typing
```
py -m pip install --upgrade pip
```
  - for UNIX-Like Operation Systems by typing
```
python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pip  
```
To create and start a Virtual Environment
- Create a Virtual Environment by typing
```
python3 -m venv virtual_environment_name
```
  This command will create a folder with the given name.
- Starting Virtual Environment
  - for Windows by typing
```
project-env\Scripts\activate.bat
```
  - for UNIX-Like Operation Systems by typing
```
source project-env/bin/activate
```
  - Virtual environment is started if you see name of virtual environment's name inside parentheses
All project dependencies listed in reqs.txt file.
- to install dependencies, type
```
pip install -r reqs.txt
```
  This command will install all dependencies automatically.

Before starting project needs a model migration. Make migration by typing:

python manage.py migrate

Installation process completed, now you can run the project by typing:

python manage.py runserver

deactivate