mwikya/django-channels-chat

Simple efective django chat app built with django channels

Recommended Start

$ cd path/to/your/dev/folder
$ mkdir django-channels-chat
$ cd django-channels-chat
$ git clone https://github.com/mwikya/django-channels-chat.git .
$ git reset --hard
$ git remote remove origin
$ virtualenv -p python3 .
$ source bin/activate
(django-channels-chat) $ pip install -r requirements.txt
(django-channels-chat) $ cd src
(django-channels-chat) $ python manage.py migrate
(django-channels-chat) $ python manage.py createsuperuser
... do the creation
(django-channels-chat) $ python manage.py createsuperuser
... create second super user 

Install Redis

1. Download Redis

    ```
    bash          
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get upgrade
    sudo apt-get install redis-server
    sudo systemctl enable redis-server.service
    ```
   

   • Direct Download

2. Open & Test Redis:

   • open Terminal

   • redis-cli ping

     $ redis-cli ping
     PONG
     

     Close Redis with control + c to quit