Ecommerce Django Project

This is a Django project for an ecommerce website.

Project Structure

The project structure is as follows:

ecommerce/
├── ecommerce/
├── shop/
├── static/
├── db.sqlite3
├── manage.py
├── package.json
├── Pipfile
└── tailwind.config.js

• ecommerce/: Contains the project settings and URL configurations.
• shop/: Contains the product catalog functionality.
• static/: Contains the static files (CSS, JS, images, etc.).
• db.sqlite3: The SQLite database file.
• manage.py: The Django management script.
• package.json: NPM dependencies.
• Pipfile: Python dependencies.
• tailwind.config.js: Tailwind CSS configurations.

Run Local Developement Server

To run the development server, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository by running the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/Hasib105/ecommerce-django-.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd ecommerce-django-
   

3. Install pipenv if you haven't already:

   pip install pipenv
   

4. Create a virtual environment and install the dependencies:

   pipenv install
   

5. Activate the virtual environment:

   pipenv shell
   

6. Install the NPM dependencies:

   npm install
   

7. Run the following command to watch for Tailwind CSS changes:

   npm run tailwind-watch
   

8. In a new terminal window, navigate to the project directory and run the following command to start the Django development server:

   python manage.py runserver
   

9. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8000 to view the website.

Git Operations

Cloning the Repository

To clone the repository, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Hasib105/ecommerce-django-.git

Pulling Changes

To pull the latest changes from the repository, run the following command:

git pull

Pushing Changes

To push your changes to the repository, run the following commands:

git add .
git commit -m "Your commit message"
git push

Contributing

To contribute to the project, follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Clone your forked repository.
3. Create a new branch for your changes.
4. Make your changes and commit them.
5. Push your changes to your forked repository.
6. Create a pull request to merge your changes into the main repository.

Misc

• To auto reload development server on html change, django-browser-reload package works effectively.
• To format, highlight & autocomplete django templates in vscode, junstyle.vscode-django-support is a decent extension.