A Django-based web application for displaying and analyzing Quality of Life (QOL) survey data across different towns and demographics. Link to website: www.agpolicyiowastate.org

• Interactive data visualization of QOL metrics
• Search functionality for towns
• Demographic filtering
• Multi-year comparison capabilities

• Python 3.9+
• Django 4.2
• MySQL 8+
• HTML/CSS/JavaScript
• Bootstrap for UI

• Python 3.9 or higher
• MySQL 8.0 or higher
• pip (Python package manager)
• virtualenv (recommended)

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd Django\ App
   

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

   python -m venv virt
   source virt/bin/activate  # On Windows, use `virt\Scripts\activate`
   

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Set up environment variables: Create a .env file in the ISTP_website directory with the following variables:

   DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
   DJANGO_DEBUG=True
   DB_NAME=ISTP_SCHEMA
   DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
   DB_PORT=3306
   DB_USER=your_db_user
   DB_PASSWORD=your_db_password
   ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost,127.0.0.1
   

5. Run migrations:

   cd ISTP_website
   python manage.py migrate
   

6. Start the development server:

   python manage.py runserver
   

Run the test suite with:

python manage.py test webapp

1. Sign up for a PythonAnywhere account

2. Upload your code:

   • Via Git: git push to a repository, then clone on PythonAnywhere
   • Via direct upload: Upload files through PythonAnywhere dashboard

3. Create a virtualenv on PythonAnywhere and install requirements

4. Configure the web app in PythonAnywhere:

   • Set the WSGI configuration file to point to your project's wsgi.py
   • Configure static files
   • Set up environment variables

5. Set up MySQL database on PythonAnywhere

6. Run migrations and populate the database

Detailed deployment instructions can be found in the deployment documentation.

• ISTP_website/ - Main Django project directory
  • webapp/ - Main application with views, models, and templates
  • static/ - Static files (CSS, JS, images)
  • logs/ - Application logs

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