Setup python virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

For MacOS postgres dependency: brew install postgresql@15

Initialize database

python manage.py migrate

• Run tests: python manage.py test
• Run backend server: python manage.py runserver
• Run migrations: python manage.py migrate
• Create new migrations: python manage.py makemigrations
• Create admin superuser: python manage.py createsuperuser

• Preferences → Languages & Frameworks → Django
  • Enable Django Support, Specify Django Project Root, Specify Settings
• Preferences → Project: ... → Python Interpreter
  • Add new python environment using venv setup above

pip install my-new-dependency
pip freeze > requirements.txt

git checkout deploy  # switch to deploy branch
git merge main  # merge changes from main branch
cd client
rm -rf build # remove old build bundle
npm i
npm run build  # build frontend bundle
git add .
git commit -m "build bundle"  # commit built bundle to the deploy branch
git push heroku deploy:main  # deploy changes to heroku
git checkout main