Computer Science for All Blueprint

The Computer Science for All Blueprint is resource to help NYC public school educators bring meaningful computer science (CS) education to every student in their schools.

Setting up a development environment

Install postgres:

brew install postgres

Create a database with a user. In the terminal type, line by line:

psql

CREATE DATABASE blueprint;

CREATE USER doe;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE blueprint TO doe;

\q

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/nycdoe-cs4all/blueprint-learning-site.git

Set up a virtual environment and install requirements

cd blueprint-learning-site
virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run initial migrations

./manage.py migrate

Create a superuser account that you can use to log in locally to the admin panel

./manage.py createsuperuser

Load in data about grades/subjects

./manage.py loaddata fixtures2.json

Add the credentials.json file the activities folder (ask an admin for access to the file).

Running locally

To run the project on you computer, just cd into the project directory and type:

source env/bin/activate
./manage.py runserver

The site should now be available at http://localhost:8000

You can see the admin site at http://localhost:8000/admin

Deploying

git pull origin master
sudo systemctl restart gunicorn

If you've edited or created any static assets (js, images, css etc) you'll also need to run the following:

source env/bin/activate
./manage.py collectstatic