SimpleMail Web Application

Introduction

SimpleMail is a web application developed using Django, designed to provide a basic yet functional email communication platform. This project demonstrates my knowledge, and skills in Python, and web development with Django, including user authentication, database management, and more.

Note: This is an open-source project created for educational purposes.

Features

User Registration and Authentication
Sending and Receiving Simple Text Messages
User Profiles
Real-time Date Display

Technologies Used

Django (Python Web Framework)
PostgreSQL (Database)
Whitenoise (Static File Handling)
HTML, CSS

Project Structure

The project directory structure is organized as follows:

MainApp: The main Django app that contains the core project files.
SimpleMailProject: Django basic-settings files.
media: Directory for storing user-uploaded media files (e.g., user avatars).
static: Directory for static files such as stylesheets and static images.
MainApp/templates: HTML templates used for rendering web pages.

Installation and Usage

To run the project on your local machine, follow these steps:

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/progdad/simplemail.git
cd simplemail

Set up a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Install project dependecies:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Apply database migrations:
```
python manage.py migrate
```
Start the development server:
```
python manage.py runserver
```
Open a web browser and access the application at http://localhost:8000.

Screenshots

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributions

Contributions to this open-source project are welcome. Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests to help improve the project.

Author: progdad

progdad/SimpleMail