Development installation

Note

You should have the following installed and properly configured:

• Python 3.8 or greater

• Pipenv

• Git

• Firefox

• Geckodriver

1. Clone the repo

2. Open your terminal/command-line and cd into the directory containing the repo

3. Create a .env file and add the following environment variables:

   • DJANGO_EMAIL_HOST_USER

   • DJANGO_EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD

4. Create a virtual environment and install the development dependencies

   $ pipenv shell
   $ pipenv install --dev
   

5. Run the tests to check if everything is installed correctly

   # all tests
   $ python manage.py test
   
   # functional tests
   $ python manage.py test --tag=functional
   
   # non-functional (unit + integration) tests
   $ python manage.py test --exclude-tag=functional