dev-setup-instructions.md

#Development setup instructions

install django:

python -m pip install django

install django REST framework:

python -m pip install djangorestframework

check install and version:

django-admin --version

Start a django project:

django-admin startproject budget_buddy

install MySQL-python, which is a database connector for Python:

python -m pip install MySQL-python xxxx

if you have a problem installation, do

python -m pip install mysqlclient-1.3.9-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl

in settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'budget_buddy',
	'rest_framework',
]

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'budbud_db',
        'USER': 'root',
        'PASSWORD': 'root',
    }
}

Create your new app:

$ python manage.py startapp budget_buddy

python manage.py migrate

python manage.py runserver