An extensive, extensible web marketplace (akin to Craigslist or Uncle Henry's with light social elements) in Django
Originally, this project was intended just to be a site to posts farmers markets and farm stands (as shown in the example above) though the project was deliberately designed in an purpose agnostic way so that others could easily extend the project. Currently, there is an ongoing process to isolate many features of customization in a single file so that even those without Django knowledge can launch marketplaces for themselves, store-fronts, or communities, though these open customization features are still in the earliest of days.
Requirements:
- Python 3.5
- Create a virtual environment for this project with the command
python3 -m virtualenv mrkt-venv. - User this virtual environment via the command:
source mrkt-venv/bin/activate. If successful, your terminal will now say (sdd-venv) at the beginning of each line. - Install all of the required packages and extensions,
pip3 install -r requirements.txt, from within your Harvest Here directory containing the requirements.txt file (where you will be if you've followed the instructions up to this point). This will take several minutes. - Change to the "market" directory,
cd market. - Run the following two commands to get the database ready to go.
python3 manage.py makemigrations
python3 manage.py migrate
Everything should be ready! All that's left is to run the server via the command python3 manage.py runserver and the site will be available at http://localhost:8000.
This project extends from a team project in Software Design and Documentation, visible here, worked on by myself, Justin Carlson, and Parker Slote.