prateek-workspace / cfe-recommender

Recommender

Build a recommendation engine using Django & a Machine Learning technique called Collaborative Filtering.

Getting Started

1. Clone the project and make it your own. Use branch start initially so we can all start in the same place.

git clone https://github.com/codingforentrepreneurs/recommender
cd recommender
git checkout start
rm -rf .git
git init .
git add --all
git commit -m "My recommender project"

2. Create virtual environment and activate it.

python3.8 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Use .\venv\Scripts\activate if on windows

3. Install requirements

(venv) python -m pip install pip --upgrade
(venv) python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Open VSCode

code .

5. Get to work.

Helpful Guides

• Using a Cloud-based Redis Server
• Install Redis on Windows
• Install Redis on macOS
• Celery + Redis + Django Setup Guide