Requirements:

python 2.7
- comes by default on most systems
- check installed version with python -V
pip: package manager for python
- install with sudo easy_install pip
django 1.5
- install with sudo pip install django==1.5
numpy
- install with sudo pip install numpy

To get started running the app:

clone the git repository:
- e.g. git clone https://github.com/BerkeleyAutomation/cafe.git
cd cafe/src/server/opinion
cp settings_local_default.py settings_local.py
python manage.py syncdb --noinput
python manage.py createsuperuser --username=admin [email protected] --noinput
either load a database OR populate database with random data, see below
python manage.py runserver
open a web browser to http://localhost:8000

To populate database with random data

Run these commands from the cafe/src/server/opinion directory
python scripts/create_db.py 5
python scripts/populate_db_random.py
python scripts/add_ud_cache_for_ratings.py
python scripts/recalculate_median_grades.py

To load a database dump

cd cafe/src/server/opinion
python manage.py loaddata file.json

To interactively query database:

python manage.py shell
>>> from opinion_core.models import *
>>> DiscussionComment.objects.all()

To create a script:

copy an example from scripts/ that sounds similar
To run a script when using sqlite you must be in the opinion/ directory. From the opinion/ directory, run python scripts/script.py

To create a database dump

cd mooc-cafe/src/server/opinion
python manage.py dumpdata --exclude contenttypes > file.json