Schoolmate is a school management software designed to automate a school's diverse operations from classes to school events. This management system contains various features to effectively record, manage and process data, and consists of the following modules:

• School application describes, in general, model of a school: its inner structure, study hours, school year, etc. This application is mandatory.

• Account provides authentication and user's profile management. Uses standard Django's components for this purpose.

• News. This application manages news articles that are displayed on main page.

• Timetable app is used for structuring timetable of a school year.

• Diary app represents diary of a school student, it stores student's everyday records as well as personal adjustments in timetable.

• Notebook is an application used for creating and storing notes in HTML format.

• school: no dependencies
• account: school
• news: account
• timetable: school
• diary: school, account, timetable
• notebook: account

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• Mini

• Python 3.8 or higher
• Database management system:
  • SQLite (not recommended)
  • PostgreSQL 9.6 or higher
• Packages listed in requirements.txt
• Optional: mail server

1. If you're planning to use PostgreSQL, be sure, that the directory containing pg_config is included to the PATH variable.

2. Clone schoolmate repository:

   git clone https://github.com/kolyat/schoolmate.git
   cd schoolmate

3. Create virtual environment for project and activate it (for more information visit this guide):

   virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.8 venv
   source venv/bin/activate

4. Install requirements:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Open ./schoolmate/settings.py and set up the project:

   1. Update SECRET_KEY if necessary.
   2. Set DEBUG = True for debugging mode.
   3. Configure database connection in DATABASES section.
   4. Optional: configure interaction with mail server.
   5. Optional: include password validators if necessary in AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS variable.
   6. Select preferable locale in LANGUAGE_CODE and configure TIME_ZONE. More about time zones here.
   7. Optional: set up number of articles that will be loaded by client in LATEST_NEWS_COUNT variable.

6. Run prepare_db.py in order to create database and it's structure.

7. Create superuser:

   manage.py createsuperuser

8. Run development server with

   manage.py runserver

9. Do not forget to deactivate virtual environment after server shutdown if venv is not needed anymore:

   deactivate

This project uses Redoc for generating documentation from OpenAPI definitions.

1. Run server.
2. Go to http(s)://your.domain/redoc/.