Introduction

This is a application built off Django (including the Django REST Framework for API CRUD operations) and React. For a complete walkthrough, see Build a To-Do application Using Django and React

Requirements

• Python 3.9
• Pipenv

Getting started

/backend

1. Navigate into the [backend] directory
2. Source the virtual environment pipenv shell
3. Install the dependencies pipenv install
4. Run migrations python manage.py migrate.

Note: To close out of the virtual environment, you can press [ctrl] + d

/frontend

1. Navigate into the [frontend] directory
2. Install the dependencies npm install

Run the application

You will need two terminals pointed to the frontend and backend directories to start the servers for this application.

/backend

1. Enter the virtual environment pipenv shell
2. Start the backend server in the [backend] directory: python manage.py runserver 8000

This will start the backend on the adddress localhost:8000

/frontend

1. Start the frontend server in the [frontend] directory: npm start

This will start the frontend on the adddress localhost:3000

Built With

• React - A progressive JavaScript framework.
• Python - A programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more effectively.
• Django - A high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.

Creator Credit

This demo app was originally built for a scotch.io (acquired in 2020 by DigitalOcean) article by Jordan Irabor