Atlas 3.0 Backend

The tech stack used is Django with Django-Ninja package running on Python 3.12.

Setup guide

1. Clone this repository

2. Download Python 3.12 and create a virtual environment by running

   python3.12 -m venv venv

3. Start the virtual environment

   On Unix/macOS

   source ./venv/bin/activate

   On Windows Command Prompt

   .\venv\Scripts\activate.bat

   On Windows Powershell

   .\venv\Scripts\activate.ps1

4. Install the required packages

   python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Install PostgresSQL (can use the latest version or use version 14.0 which is the version used at the time of writing this guide)

6. Start pgAdmin

7. Connect to the local PSQL server and create a database atlas_3. Ensure encoding is UTF-8.

8. Change directory to atlas_3

   cd atlas_3

9. In root directory. Create a .env file with the following content:

   DB_USER=YOUR_DB_USERNAME (default postgres)
   DB_PASSWORD=YOUR_DB_PASSWORD (default postgres)
   DB_PORT=YOUR_DB_PORT (default 5432)
   

10. Run the migrations for the database

    python manage.py migrate

11. Start the server

    python manage.py runserver