A python app that lets one to see a gallery with photos with their descriptions

This is a Django application which allows users to view photos which can be filtered into their different categories and locations. Try it out : https://joygallery.herokuapp.com/

You need the following to work on the project: -

• Python version 3.6
• Pip
• venv
• A text Editor(vscode preferably)

• To start using this project use the following commands:

$ git clone https://github.com/joyjoie/photoapp

$ cd ip

• create a virtual environment

$ python3.6 -m venv virtual

• navigate into the virtual environment

$ source virtual/bin/activate

• while in the Virtual environment install the dependencies found in the requirements.txt file

(virtual)$ pip install -r requirements.txt

• create a .env file and in it input the following:

SECRET_KEY=''
DEBUG=True #Set To False in Production
DB_NAME='<Your DB Name>'
DB_USER='<Your DB Username>'
DB_PASSWORD='<Your DB Password>'
DB_HOST='127.0.0.1'
MODE='dev' #set to prod in production
ALLOWED_HOSTS=['*']
DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC=1

• add the .env file into the .gitignore
• create a database called photo

(virtual)$ psql
joy=# CREATE DATABASE photo;

• make migrations

(virtual)$ python3.6 manage.py makemigrations gallery
(virtual)$ python3.6 manage.py migrate

• to run the project enter this command

(virtual)$ python3.6 manage.py runserver

• access the application on this localhost address http://127.0.0.1:8000

Here is a link to the live website: https://joygallery.herokuapp.com/

None known at the moment.

• HTML
• JavaScript
• CSS
• Python

MIT License Copyright (c) 2019 Joy Wendo