This project features a backend implemented in the Python Django Rest Framework

1. Download the .zip file/clone repository
2. Install the python package manager Pip if it's not already installed using the instructions here
3. Next, install pipenv with the command pip install --user pipenv
4. Once these are installed, cd giant_machines_challenge
5. Run pipenv install --ignore-pipfile to install pacakage dependencies and activate virtual environment
6. Run python manage.py makemigrations followed by python manage.py migrate (make sure to be in the same directory with manage.py)
7. Start the Django api server by running: python manage.py runserver

• The virtual environment shell can be ended with the command exit
• To restart the virtual environment use pipenv shell
• API tests can be run with python manage.py test