Coderr

Coderr Django Backend Project - DA

Django backend for Coderr Frontend.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+ (project used 3.13 on this machine)
• Git
• Windows (commands below use Windows CMD / PowerShell)

Quick setup (development)

Start with Cloning the repo, then...

1. Create and activate virtualenv

   • CMD:

     python -m venv .venv
     .venv\Scripts\activate
     

   • PowerShell:

     python -m venv .venv
     .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
     

2. Install dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

   If requirements.txt is missing, install the basics:

   pip install django djangorestframework djangorestframework-authtoken pytest pytest-django
   

3. Configure optional settings environment (you can run the Project without these setting, default values given in settings.py will be used then.)

   set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=core.settings
   

4. Database migrations

   python manage.py migrate
   

5. Create superuser

   python manage.py createsuperuser
   

6. Run development server

   python manage.py runserver
   

Running tests

• Ensure pytest-django is installed and pytest.ini contains:

  [pytest]
  DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = core.settings
  python_files = tests.py test_*.py *_tests.py
  

• Run tests:

  pytest -q
  

Notes

• REST framework uses TokenAuthentication by default (see core/settings.py).
• For production set DEBUG=False, configure ALLOWED_HOSTS and a proper SECRET_KEY.
• Collect static files for production:

  python manage.py collectstatic --noinput