prathish14 / devsearch-django

🔍 DevSearch is a collaborative platform connecting developers and their projects, fostering interactions and discovery in the tech community.

DevSearch - Developer Search Platform 👩‍💻🔍

Description

DevSearch is a platform that facilitates searching and connecting with developers and their projects. It enables users to discover developers, projects, exchange messages, and rate projects. As a developer, you can showcase your projects, skills, and contact information. Regular users can view developer profiles, message them, and explore projects.

Platform:

• Web-based platform for developers and users to interact and connect.

Components Used:

• Frontend:

  • HTML 🌐
  • CSS 🎨
  • JavaScript 🖥️
  • Bootstrap 🅱️

• Backend:

  • Python 🐍
  • Django 🌐

• Database: MySQL 🗃️

Features

• Search and discover developers and their projects.
• Messaging system for communication between users and developers.
• Rating system to evaluate and vote for projects.
• Developer profile management: add projects, skills, about, and contact information.
• Secure authentication and authorization for user interactions.

Installation

To set up the project locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   $ git clone https://github.com/Prathish14/devsearch-django.git
   $ cd DevSearch

2. Install dependencies from requirements.txt:

   $ pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure Email for Password Reset:

   • Open settings.py in your Django project.
   • Locate the email configuration section.
   • Update the following fields for Gmail SMTP:

   EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
   EMAIL_HOST = "smtp.gmail.com"
   EMAIL_PORT = 587
   EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
   EMAIL_HOST_USER = "Your_Gmail_Address"
   EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "Your_Gmail_Password"

4. Configure Database:

   • Set up your MySQL database credentials in settings.py:

   DATABASES = {
       'default': {
           'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
           'NAME': 'Your_Database_Name',
           'USER': 'Your_Database_User',
           'PASSWORD': 'Your_Database_Password',
           'HOST': 'Your_Database_Host',
           'PORT': 'Your_Database_Port',
       }
   }

Usage

To run the project locally, follow these steps:

1. Make migrations and migrate the database:

   $ python manage.py makemigrations
   $ python manage.py migrate

2. Start the development server:

   $ python manage.py runserver

3. Access the application in your browser at http://localhost:8000/.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To contribute to DevSearch:

• Fork the repository
• Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature)
• Make your changes
• Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add feature')
• Push to the branch (git push origin feature)
• Create a new Pull Request