ServeUp-BackEnd

Setup local Postgres database

Install Postgres locally:
Tutorial: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-postgresql#local-setup

Install Heroku CLI:
Tutorial: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-cli#download-and-install

To pull and create a local copy of the database:
heroku pg:pull postgresql-opaque-40940 serveuplocaldb --app serveup-backend

To push to the database:

1. step: Reset the database before pushing
   heroku pg:reset postgresql-opaque-40940 --app serveup-backend --confirm serveup-backend

2. step: Push to heroku data store
   heroku pg:push serveuplocaldb postgresql-opaque-40940 --app serveup-backend

Setup Django environment in PyCharm

Build the PyCharm project from Github directly using "Check out from Version Control" option when choosing a project.

Important: Set up Virtualenv inside project, if Pycharm doesn't do it by default.

1. Install virtualenv globally using: pip install virutalenv
2. https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/creating-virtual-environment.html

After a successful install, navigate into PyCharm terminal and run command: pip install -r requirements.txt
which will install all necessary dependencies for the project.

Verify by running the server (SHIFT + F10 or Control + R for Mac)

Adding new dependencies

All new dependencies should be added to the requirements.txt file, otherwise the build on Heroku will fail. This can be achieved by either adding them manually or using command: pipreqs [options] <path>

Tutorial for pipreqs: https://github.com/bndr/pipreqs