Development Setup

Before starting, make sure to create a .env file in your project root directory with the following variables:

# Django settings
SECRET_KEY=[your-secret-key]
DEBUG=True
DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=*

# Django superuser settings
CREATE_SUPERUSER=True
DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME=[your-admin-username]
DJANGO_SUPERUSER_EMAIL=[your-admin-email]
DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=[your-admin-password]

POSTGRES_DB=[your-postgres-database]
POSTGRES_USER=[your-postgres-user]
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=[your-postgres-password]
POSTGRES_HOST=[your-postgres-host]
POSTGRES_PORT=[your-postgres-port]

# Database URL
# External database URL for outside Render (local development)
# Internal database URL for inside Render (eg. web service)

# External database URL (use the Internal for the env variable in Render)
DATABASE_URL=[your-postgresql-db-url]

Navigate to the project directory:
```
cd evacuation-management-system-backend
```
Alternatively, if you're using Visual Studio Code, you can open the project directory with:
```
code evacuation-management-system-backend
```
Activate the virtual environment:
```
source venv/bin/activate
```
If not yet created
```
python3 -m venv venv
```
Install the required packages:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Apply the database migrations:

If the tables are not yet created, create a new migration file for your model (replace 'backend' with your app name):
```
python manage.py makemigrations backend
```
Then, apply the migration to create the table in the database:
```
python manage.py migrate
```
If the tables are already created, you only need to make migrations:
```
python manage.py makemigrations
```
Start the development server:
```
python manage.py runserver
```

Now, your development environment is set up and running. You can access the application at http://localhost:8000.

shaunniekins/evacuation-management-system-backend

Development Setup