ReadMe.rst

AakashTechSupport

A WebApp to provide online Technical Support to the people using Aakash tablets.

(Summer Internship 2014, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay)

Clone

• Make sure your Internet is working.

• Clone this repo by typing

  git clone https://github.com/IITBInterns14/AakashTechSupport.git
  

Installation

• Install Virtual Environment using the following command

  sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv
  

• Create a Virtual Environment

  virtualenv /path/to/virtualenv
  

• Activate the virtualenv using the command

  source /path/to/virtualenv-name/bin/activate
  

• Change the directory to the AakashTechSupport/ project using the command

  cd /path/to/AakashTechSupport
  

• Install pre-requisites using the command

  pip install -r requirement.txt
  

  or you can also type

  easy_install `cat requirement.txt`
  

Usage

• Using sqlite3 (For development server only). Though, we recommend to use MySQL for deployment server. See settings.py file for usage.

  Open AakashTechSupport/AakashTechSupport/settings.py file and do the following changes

  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
      'ENGINE': 'django.db.backend.sqlite3',
      'NAME'  : 'techsupport.db',
      #No need to mention below fields while using sqlite3
      'USER': '',
      'PASSWORD': '',
      'HOST': '',
      'PORT': '',
      }
  }
  

• Populate the database using the following command

  cd /path/to/AakashTechSupport
  python manage.py syncdb
  

• Run the script populate.py which enters details of remote center into the table Tabletinfo from the details_of_rc.csv file

  python populate.py
  

• Start the server using the command

  python manage.py runserver
  

Contributing

• Never edit the master branch.
• Make a branch specific to the feature you wish to contribute on.
• Send me a pull request.
• Please follow PEP8 style guide when coding in Python.

License

GNU GPL Version 3, 29 June 2007.

Please refer this link for detailed description.