Install

Make sure you have python3 and virtualenv installed. On Windows, launch an elevated command prompt ('run as administrator'). Create a virtualenv: virtualenv .env. Activate it: .env\Scripts\activate. Install: pip install -r requirements.txt. (comment out mysqlclient)

If the installation of mysqlclient fails (which it will on Windows :-), install the package from here https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#mysqlclient. Note that the Python version is in the title of the files, e.g. 'mysqlclient‑1.4.6‑cp38‑cp38‑win_amd64.whl' is for 3.8.

Start up

On Windows, launch an elevated command prompt ('run as administrator'). Launch the virtualenv, and start application:

.env\Scripts\activate
python manage.py runserver

Update

Make sure you have pip-tools installed.

pip-compile --upgrade