How to Set Up and Run the Application Locally

Frontend

1. Installation of Required Dependencies:

• File structure:

  - sky world
      - backend
          - frontend
              - build
                  - index.html
                  - manifest.json
                  - assets
                      - assets
                      - js
                      - css
                  - robots.txt
                  - assets-manifest,json
          - myenv
          - simple_survey_app
              - onboard (your app name)
              - simple_survey_app
                  - settings.py
                  - urls.py
                  - asgi.py
                  - wsgi.py
                  - __init__.py
              - manage.py
              - static
              - media
  

  For Windows Users:

  • Navigate to the desired project location using the Windows terminal.
  • Create a folder; name it "sky world" using the mkdir command, i.e., mkdir sky world.
  • Navigate to it using the cd command, i.e., cd sky world.
  • In your terminal and while inside "sky world," install virtualenv by running pip install virtualenv.
  • After installing the package, type virtualenv myenv. The venv name can be anything (e.g., myenv, venv, etc.). Here, we use myenv as our virtual env name.
  • Run the virtual env by typing .\myenv\scripts\activate to activate it.
  • After the virtual env is activated, type git clone https://github.com/kevykibbz/opinion-harbor/tree/main/backend. It will download the backend project into the "backend" folder.
  • Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install all the requirements in the virtualenv.
  • Run py manage.py makemigrations.
  • Run py manage.py migrate.
  • Run py manage.py runserver. This will open the server on the default port 8000.
  • The application will be up and running at http://localhost:8000. You can preview it by visiting the link.

2. Deployment Process

   Using PaaS (e.g., Heroku)

   • Go to https://id.heroku.com/login.
   • Create a Heroku account.
   • Create an app for your project (e.g., simple-survey-app).
   • Install Heroku CLI by following Heroku CLI Installation.
   • Once installed, open the Windows terminal and type heroku --version to verify installation.
   • Type git init, then type git add ., git commit -m "message", git branch -M main, then type heroku login. It will redirect you to the browser to log in.
   • After successful login via the browser, type heroku git:remote -a your-heroku-app-name. In our case, it will be heroku git:remote -a simple-survey-app.
   • To verify that the remote has been added successfully, you can run git remote -v.
   • In the project root directory, verify that the Procfile file is present; otherwise, deployment won't work.
   • After verifying the file is present, type git push heroku main. It will push the project to Heroku.
   • Visit the URL given in the Heroku website dashboard once you create an app to view the website.