DjangoArena

Django Arena is a competition platform where users(in particular djangists) can duel and compete in writing django code.

The project contains two parts: the main application and an application for testing and scoring tasks submissions during a duel.

Required versions

required python version - 3.9 or higher

required django version - 4.2

Redis installation

Django Arena uses Redis, so its installation is required

For Linux:

• Install redis using package manager

  sudo apt-get install redis-server

• Run redis-server

  sudo service redis-server start

For Windows:

• Install the zip file from gihub

  Download redis v7.2.4

• Unzip the file
• Go to the directory and open a file named redis-server

Project installation and running

• Install project to your pc using

   git clone https://gitlab.crja72.ru/django/2024/spring/course/projects/team-5.git

• Go to the project directory

  cd DjangoArena

• Create virtual environment

  python3 -m venv venv

• Activate your virtual environment

  For Linux:

  source venv/bin/activate

  For Windows:

  venv/Scripts/activate

• Install dependencies you need to run app

  For production install

  pip install -r requirements/prod.txt

  For development install

  pip install -r requirements/dev.txt

  For testing install

  pip install -r requirements/test.txt

• Create .env file and add there data that you need (you can see how to configure .env in the test .env.template file in the root of the project)

  cp .env.template .env

Running the main application

Important: You must have Redis server running for the application to work

• Go to the main application directory

  cd django_arena

• Make and apply migrations:

  python3 manage.py makemigrations
  python3 manage.py migrate

• Run the main application:

  python3 manage.py runserver

Running the application for testing

• Open a new terminal window and go to the application for testing directory

  cd django_arena_testing

• Activate your virtual environment

  For Linux:

  source venv/bin/activate

  For Windows:

  venv/Scripts/activate

• Apply default django migrations:

  python3 manage.py migrate

• Run the application for testing:

  python3 manage.py runserver 8001 --noreload