Personal Website

A personal portfolio website built with Django.

🚀 Local Development Setup

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• pip (Python package manager)

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/haxybaxy/eduwebsite.git
cd eduwebsite

2. Create and activate a virtual environment

# Windows
python -m venv venv
.\venv\Scripts\activate

# macOS/Linux
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run database migrations

python manage.py migrate

5. Create a superuser (admin)

python manage.py createsuperuser

6. Run the development server

python manage.py runserver

The site should now be running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/

📝 Database Management

Migrations

Create and apply database changes:

# Create new migrations
python manage.py makemigrations

# Apply migrations
python manage.py migrate

Database Backup

# Create backup
python manage.py dumpdata > backup.json

# Restore from backup
python manage.py loaddata backup.json