DBMS - Project

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How to Use:

Prerequisites:

• Git
• Python
• Pip (a.k.a python-pip)

Setting up the project

1. Check Prerequisites:

If you are on a Window's machine, please perform the following:

• Install MINGW if not already installed.
• Install Git if not already installed.
• Install Python if not already installed.
• Add the corresponding bin directories to your PATH variable if not already added.
• Open MINGW.
• Run git, python, and pip commands to verify installation.

If you are on a Mac or Ubuntu, install the prerequisites through your favorite package manager.

2. In your computer's terminal, clone this repository. This may require a github login.

git clone https://github.com/namratab94/course_management_system.git

3. Install Virtual Environments on your local instance.

For Ubuntu:

sudo pip install virtualenv

For Windows/Mac:

pip install virtualenv

4. Load the Flask virtual environment.

# Navigate to the course_management_system directory
virtualenv flask

5. Activate the flask environment.

For Ubuntu/Mac:

# Navigate to your course_management_system directory
flask/bin/activate

For Windows:

# Navigate to your course_management_system directory
flask/bin/activate.bat

6. Then install the packages required for the flask application to run:

For Mac/Windows:

# Navigate to the requirements file (cd ~course_management_system/dbms_project)
pip install -r requirements.txt

For Ubuntu:

# Navigate to the requirements file (cd ~course_management_system/dbms_project)
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

Running the Project

1. To start the server at port 8888:

# Navigate to your course_management_system/dbms_flask/ folder.
python main.py

2. Open your web browser and go to localhost:8888.

This will load the login page. The login credentials of an admin are:

• Username: Rado
• Password: ddd