!! please follow these steps to successfully run this project in your Windows Device !!

• Download Python ( https://www.python.org/downloads/ )
• Download Node.js ( https://nodejs.org/en/download )
• Download PostgreSQL ( https://www.postgresql.org/download/ )
• Download Visual Studio Code ( https://code.visualstudio.com/download )
• Download 7Zip ( https://www.7-zip.org/download.html )

• Download the Project File and Extract it using 7Zip.
• Make sure the main folder is "NCHC" and sub folders are "backend" and "frontend".
• Do not rename any other existing folder except main folder to "NCHC" if needed.

• Open pgAdmin (PostgreSQL)
• set up your database by entering credentials.
• Create new database named "nchc_db"

• Open Command Prompt as administrator
• After installing python, type: "pip install virtualenv" in the command prompt

• Open Visual Studio
• Go to the Top-Left of Visual Code and click on "File"
• Dropdown will appear and click on Open Folder
• New window will pop up and select the project folder "NCHC"
• The project will open through Visual studio Code

Opening new Terminals for frontend and backend:

• In the VS Code, click on "Terminal" in the same bar as "File".
• Dropdown will apear and click on New Terminal.

To create new virtual Environment:

• Now type: "virtualenv venv" in the terminal to create new virtual environment named "venv".
• You can see that new venv is added below the backend and frontend folder.

Changing Directories to backend and downloading the required packages

• Type: "venv\Scripts\activate" to activate the virtual environment for backend.
• Type: "cd backend" in the termical to change directory to backend.
• Type: "pip install -r requirements.txt" to install all the packages listed in the requirements.txt file.

Connecting Database: Code of Database in Settings.py: DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql', 'NAME': 'nchc_db', 'USER': 'postgres', 'PASSWORD': 'abiral', 'HOST': 'localhost' } }

• Make changes in the above code for the database in the settings.py file by changing the user and password according to your configured postgres credentials.

To Make Migration:

• Type: "python manage.py makemigrations"

To Migrate to database:

• Type: "python manage.py migrate"

To Run backend server:

• Type: "python manage.py runserver"

Extra: Creating Super User/Admin:

• Type: "python manage.py createsuperuser" and fill all the required sections to create superuser

Changing Directories to frontend and downloading the required packages:

• As previously explained, open new terminal.
• Type: "venv\Scripts\activate" to activate the virtual environment for frontend.
• In the new terminal, Type: "cd frontend" in the new terminal to change directory to frontend.
• Type: "npm install" to install all the dependencies(packages) listed in the package.json file of the frontend.

Note: if there are error installing the packages, type: "npm install --force" to force and re-install all packages

• After successfully installing all the packages, type: "npm start" to run the frontend server.