Stugether: Group Software Engineering Project

Stugether is an appplication to help students reconnect in a blended learning environment. This app aims to create a platform that promotes a better student community, through providing social opportunities and providing infrastructure to help students engage with eachother and foster student community. Some features include daily challenges, being able to post and follow topics as well as engage in community events.

View web app

Running the application

To run the application, first activate virtual environment by typing the following in terminal while being in the same directory as manage.py:

source venv/bin/activate

Followed by this command to run a server for the application:

python manage.py startserver 

Alternative method if above fails

First delete old virtual environment by deleting venv folder, then create a virtual environment for python 3.7 with the command:

virtualenv -p python3.7 venv

Afterwards, activate the virtual environment you just created by running the following:

source venv/bin/activate

Now install requirements in the virtual environment with this command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Finally, type the following to startup the application server:

python3 manage.py runserver

Running with PyCharm

stugether/venv/bin/python

Running tests

python manage.py test