Setup

Dependencies

• Python 3
• npm

Backend

1. Navigate to the backend folder in the project root folder.
2. Run python3 -m venv env to create a new python virtual environment.
3. Run source env/bin/activate on Linux/Mac or .\env\Scripts\activate.bat on Windows to start the new virtual environment.
4. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install dependencies.
5. Create Django environment file: create a new file called .env under the backend/backend folder. The contents of this file should be SECRET_KEY = 'secretkeyhere'. See this guide for details on generating this key.
6. Run python manage.py migrate to update the database.

Frontend

1. Navigate to the frontend folder.
2. Run npm install to install dependencies.
3. Optional: populate the frontend/public/images/photos folder with images of the planets. These photos are copyrighted so they're not checked into source control.

Running the app

Backend

1. Navigate to the backend folder in the project root folder.
2. Run source env/bin/activate on Linux/Mac or .\env\Scripts\activate.bat on Windows to start the virtual environment.
3. Run python manage.py runserver to start the server.
4. When done, run deactivate to stop using the virtual environment.

Frontend

1. Navigate to the frontend folder.
2. Run npm run start to start the app in development mode.
3. Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.

Alternatively, you can build the app in production mode:

1. Run npm run build to build the app into the build folder.
2. To serve the app, you can use any server software. For example with the npm serve package package (npm install -g serve), you can run serve -s build.