Chef Up

Chef Up is a collaborative recipe sharing platform built with Django. Follow the instructions below to run the project locally for development and testing.

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed:

• Python 3.8 or higher
• pip (Python package manager)
• Virtual environment tool (e.g., venv or virtualenv)
• Git (to clone the repository)

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Running the Project Locally

1. Clone the repository (if not already done).

2. Navigate into the project directory.

3. Create a virtual environment using your preferred method (python -m venv env, for example).

4. Activate the virtual environment. On Windows, this is typically env\Scripts\activate, and on macOS/Linux it’s source env/bin/activate.

5. Install dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt.

6. Apply database migrations using Django’s migrate command.

7. (Optional) Create a superuser to access the Django admin site.

8. Run the development server using Django’s runserver command.

9. Visit the local URL (usually http://127.0.0.1:8000/) in your web browser to view the app.

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