read_aloud-server

Let's read a book

Learning Goals

• Create an API from the ground up
• Set up the models and ViewSets to allow users to build and search for reading guides.
• Use an external API to built out the internal API
• Gain a deeper understanding of full-stack development.

Features

Read Aloud is a single-page full CRUD application built with a React front-end and a Django back-end that allows early-childhood educators to design and store guides for reading aloud. Read Aloud’s crowdsourcing approach to book guides provides parents a valuable set of tools to help them in their child’s early language acquisition.

Set Up

1. Clone this repo

   git clone git@github.com:silaslowe/read_aloud-server.git
   cd read_aloud-server
   

2. Activate virtual environment

   pipenv shell
   

3. Install dependencies

   pipenv install
   

4. Run the server

   python3 manage.py runserver
   

5. Finish installation by following the instructions found here:

Created by Silas Lowe