E-Commerce Application using Django

Dependencies used in the project

• Python 3.9.5
• PostgreSQL 14.1

Project Setup

• Clone the project with git clone https://github.com/upy/bootcamp.git ecommerce-django && cd ecommerce-django
• Create virtual environment with virtualenv --python=3.9 .venv and activate it with source .venv/bin/activate
• Enter the ecommerce folder with cd ecommerce
• Install dependencies with pip install -r requirements.txt
• Create server, database and superuser with the Postgresql. (If you want to do database operations with a gui, you can additionally use pgAdmin.)
• Execute the migrate process with python manage.py migrate
• Fill in the contents of the .env.dist file and copy it as .env

Inside of the ".env" File

• SECRET_KEY in the .env file can be generated with the following command.
  python -c 'from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key; print(get_random_secret_key())'
• DEBUG variable should be True only during project development.
• The parameters in the DATABASE_URL variable in the .env file are the superuser username and password, the IP and port specified for the server, and the database name, respectively.

Migrations for SQL

In order for the changes to be created in the form of SQL Tables, the migrate operation must be performed. The migration process consists of the following two steps.

• Creating migration files: python manage.py makemigrations
• The resulting files create the necessary tables in SQL database: python manage.py migrate

Localization

In order to use the site in different languages, it is necessary to create localization files. The localization process consists of the following three steps.

• Creating the file with the phrases to be translated for the preferred language: python manage.py makemessages -l <language>. Language ex.: "en", "tr".
• Translation of phrases in the file ending with ".po" located in the locale folder.
• Compile the file with the translated phrases: python manage.py compilemessages

Django Admin Panel

In order to enter the admin panel, it is necessary to create a super user. It can be done with the following command: python manage.py createsuperuser. Then type email and password.

Run

Run python manage.py runserver ip_you_want:port_you_want and go to http://ip_you_want:port_you_want from the browser.

Ex.: Run python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:5252 and go to http://0.0.0.0:5252 from the browser.

Note: If ip and port are not specified, it will work on the default ip(127.0.0.1) and port(8000). Make sure that the ip address entered in "ip_you_want" is in ALLOWED_HOSTS variable in the .env file.