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A fitness-focused social networking app that will allow users to document and share their fitness journey with friends, track workouts, and share invitations to various types of fitness activities. Leaderboard support among friend groups and badges will be able to be earned to provide some motivation. This is a group project endeavor that builds a community of like minded individuals to come together and push each other towards their fitness goals.

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1. Clone the repository:

$ https://github.com/quebecplatoon/gp_gym_social_app.git
$ cd gp_gym_social_app

2. Create virtual environment to install backend dependencies:

$ cd backend
$ python -m venv .venv

3. Activate virtual environment:

$ source .venv/bin/activate

4. Install dependencies:

$ (.venv) pip install -r requirements.txt

Note the (.venv) in front of the prompt. This indicates that this terminal session operates in a virtual environment.

5. Create PostgreSQL database:

$ createdb strongestlinkdb

6. Make migrations:

$ python manage.py makemigrations

7. Run migrations:

$ python manage.py migrate

8. Run the server:

$ (.venv) python manage.py runserver

9. Run the frontend:

(.venv) $ cd ..
(.venv) $ cd frontend
(.venv) $ npm install 
(.venv) $ npm start

React was used for the frontend while Django was used for the backend. Material UI was used for styling, and Postgresql was used to manage the database. Additioannly, Google Maps API was used for the creation of pins on the live map.

If you have any further questions about the code or the project or any other professional inquiries, feel free to contact the contributors below:

Shun Ganas
Ivan Trejo
Andrew Simpson
Dajin Chung
Timothy Longmore
Katarzyna Wegrzynowicz