j2kan/ta-works

A web application that has a matching algorithm to assign teaching assistants to courses.

TA Works - Environment Set Up

Instructions are for Mac OS

Initial Environment Set-up:

1. Install Homebrew and install Postgress
   • Run command: brew install postgresql
2. Install python 2.7 and pip
   • Install python 2.7/pip

Initial Clone of ta-works:

1. Access the directory of where you would like the repo to live
   • Documentation
2. Run command: git clone ...

Using Git:

Documentation

Initial Database Set-Up:

1. Postgresql database set-up:
   • Start the database: brew services start postgresql
   • Type all commands in taworks/setup.txt

Running the Application:

1. Install the required python packages for this application
   • pip install -r requirements.txt
2. Make migrations
   • Enter python manage.py makemigrations
   • Enter python manage.py migrate
3. Run static files
   • Enter python manage.py collectstatic
4. Run the app!
   • Enter python manage.py runserver