[USER STORY] Set up PyCharm for Lego Collections App

[crazycooky77]

As a developer, I can set up PyCharm so that I can create, edit, and test my app locally.

Acceptance Criteria

• PyCharm project created
• PyCharm project linked to GitHub
• Django installed and app created
• Necessary environment variables set

Tasks

• [x] File > Open > select local GitHub directory
• [x] In PyCharm's Terminal, install and extract the necessary libraries
  • pip3 install django==4.2.1
  • pip3 install gunicorn
  • pip3 freeze local > requirements.txt
• [x] In PyCharm's Terminal, create the Django project and app
  • django-admin startproject ci_project4 .
  • python3 manage.py startapp lego_collection
• [x] Update the settings.py file with the following (according to the Hello Django > Deployment chapter of Code Institute's Full Stack Frameworks (FST) (Deprecated) module)
  • Add import os to the file imports
  • Add import dj_database_url to the file imports
  • Under the file imports, add development = os.environ.get('DEVELOPMENT', False)
  • Change the SECRET_KEY line to SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY', '')
  • Change DEBUG = True to DEBUG = development
  • Add the app name into the INSTALLED_APPS section
  • In the ALLOWED_HOSTS section, write an if statement to check the development status
  • if development: ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['127.0.0.1'] else: ALLOWED_HOSTS = [os.environ.get('HEROKU_HOSTNAME')]
• [x] Update the other necessary project and app files
  • Import HttpResponse from django.http in views.py
  • from django.http import HttpResponse
  • Create a basic Hello World function in views.py to test the setup
  • def hello_world(request): return HttpResponse('Hello, World!')
  • Import views.py in urls.py
  • from lego_collection.views import hello_world
  • Add the new path into urlpatterns in urls.py
  • path('', hello_world, name='hello world')
• [x] Create a Procfile file in the main folder for the app
  • Right-click on the main folder (ci_project4)
  • New > File > Procfile > Enter key
  • Add web: gunicorn codestar.wsgi to the file and save
• [x] Run the server to ensure the initial app is set up correctly
  • python3 manage.py runserver
• [x] Environment variables set in PyCharm > Settings > Tools > Terminal
  • Open the Environment variables window with the small paper icon on the right
  • Add the name "DEVELOPMENT" with the value "True"
  • Add the name "HEROKU_HOSTNAME" with the value of your Heroku app URL excluding the first https:// and the last /
  • Go to your Heroku app and click Open app in the upper right to get the URL
  • Add the name "SECRET_KEY" with the value of your auto-generated Django secret key added to Heroku
• [x] Commit the changes to GitHub

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