Install a pyenv/virtualenv

pyenv virtualenv 2.7.9 venv_threadloom pyenv activate venv_threadloom

create database called threadloom and add the DATABASES settings in settings.py

If on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb

install dependencies, upgrade pip if needed

pip install --upgrade pip pip install -r requirements.txt

run migrations

pm migrate --settings=threadloom.settings

React.js stuff

From the main project directory:

1. Install node
2. npm install
3. gulp

Seed Data

Some seed data is provided for initial use

you need to run python manage.py loaddata --app forum --settings=threadloom.settings fixture seed.json from the project directory

Functionality:

###UI You can browse topics, threads, posts and replies. However you can only add posts and replies for now for lack of time. The nested structure logic remains the same. The screenshots will be provided

YOu basically click on topics > threads to browse stuff

###Models and back-end Django models and DRF (Django Rest Framework) was used to build the models. Ability to Follow another user is

/follow/?following=sjain@shoprunner.xom&follower=getsaurabhjain@gmail.com

###Analytics

/report/?report_date=2016-07-07
currently shows data per day

the web page is at /forum

##Backlog

1. dd ability to add topics and thread
2. user login/credential system
3. Moar tests!! React.js makes UI testing very tractable.
4. More UI stuff - can definitely make this prettier.
5. More RESTful API.