Capstone Management System

All components of this project should be maintained under this repository and in subdirectories of this directory. Use .gitignore to manage files and folders that shouldn't be tracked.

Milestone Tracking

The Milestones page can be used to track progress on the milestones in the development of the Capstone Management System.

Issue and Task Tracking

The Capstone Management System project is setup with 4 sprints. You may filter to you and/or your team's issues. Each team should work with their appointed scrum master to create issues which constitute the work required to complete the milestones which they have been assigned.

Development Environment Setup

Team members with the developer role will need to set up a development environment.

• Install Python 3.9
• Create a virtual environment
• Install the dependencies for this project (will be available in requirements.in after Milestone 1)

Django CMS Requirements

How to Contribute

The basic workflow for developers is the following:

• Clone the repo
• Create a branch based on dev
• Write a new feature or fix a bug
• Locally test your changes while you develop
• Push your branch to GitHub
• Open a pull/merge request on GitHub targeting dev and await a code review
• Upon a successful review, the branch will be merged into dev

For a more detailed description, please see this tutorial. You don't have to use the GitFlow CLI tools, just understand the technique.

Production Environment

To be filled out during the completion of Milestone 2.

• Where the production environment is located
• How to access the secrets for the production environment (secrets should be stored securely)

Discord

Join the Discord to communicate within and between teams during the development of the CMS platform. Discord provides a familiar and convenient instant messaging service facilitating quick and efficient communication during development.

If you encounter any difficulties or issues while you are developing, testing, or otherwise working on the CMS system, feel free to post a question in the discord.

Click the following link to join:

https://discord.gg/s3FRG7FY