Set Up Project

To set up the project on your system, you can follow the steps mentioned below:

• Fork the repository to your GitHub account.
• Clone your fork to your system and cd into the online_leave_management_iitp folder.

$ git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/online_leave_management_iitp.git
$ cd online_leave_management_iitp

After following the above steps, you should be inside the folder where manage.py is present.

• Set up the remote to the main repository.

$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/arundhati24/online_leave_management_iitp.git

Note: If your are looking forward to contribute to this project as part of NJACK Winter Of Code, then set up the upstream remote as follows:

$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/NJACKWinterOfCode/online_leave_management_iitp.git

• Assuming, you already have Python3 and ```pip3`` installed on your system, we will now set up the virtual environment. To set up the virtual environment, follow the steps below:
  • Install virtual environment using pip3.

  $ pip3 install virtualenv
  

  • Make sure you are in the directory where manage.py is present. Create a virtual environment for your project.

  $ virtualenv venv
  

  • Now, activate the virtual environment.

  $ source venv/bin/activate
  

  • Finally, use the following command to install the requirements for the project (specified in the requirements.txt file):

  $ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
  

  To list all the installed pip packages use the command below:

  $ pip3 list
  

  • Now, you can run the project using the following command:

  $ python manage.py runserver
  

Congratulations! You have successfully set up the project on your system. 😃