Django Polls Application

Web application from the Django Tutorial project where users can vote on polls.

Requirements

This project requires:

• Python 3.6 or newer
• other Python modules as in requirements.txt

First setup

1. Clone this repository to your local machine.
2. Use your shell, set the directory where "requirements.txt" is located. Run the following command:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set the directory to "\django-polls\mysite\". First, you need to create the database in your local machine. Run the following command:

   python manage.py migrate

Setup Administrator

After you completed setting up on the first run, you will unable to manage this site. So let's setup for the admin account.

1. Open the shell in "\django-polls\mysite\"
2. Run the following command:

   python manage.py createsuperuser

3. Enter your desired username and press enter.

   Username: admin
   

4. You will then be prompted for your desired email address:

   Email address: admin@example.com
   

5. The final step is to enter your password. You will be asked to enter your password twice, the second time as a confirmation of the first.

   Password: **********
   Password (again): *********
   Superuser created successfully.
   

Start the development server

The Django admin site is activated by default. Let’s start the development server and explore it.

If the server is not running start it like so:

python manage.py runserver

Now, open a Web browser and go to “/admin/” on your local domain – e.g., http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/. You should see the admin’s login screen:

Sites

This project have two sites

1. /polls

   This site can vote any questions and view the results.

2. /admin

   Can manage everything, such as, question, answer, time posted, result value, users, admin password.

License

Vichyawat Nakarugsa

Department of Computer Engineering

Kasetsart University