The dependencies for the project can be installed using
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
You can use Vagrant
to start a machine with a MongoDB instance running
$ vagrant up
To initialize the database you need to download the data
$ wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/open_data/csv/opendata_projects.zip && unzip opendata_projects.zip
and import it
$ mongoimport -d donorschoose -c projects --type csv --file /vagrant/opendata_projects.csv -headerline