Django MangaLib

"Local MangaLib" website written in Django.

Finished application here

Overview

This web application creates an online catalog for a small local manga library, where users can browse available titles and manage their accounts, leaving comments on titles.

The main features that have currently been implemented are:

• There are models for books, book copies, genre, language and authors, comments.
• Users can view list and detail information for titles and authors, search titles and authors by name.
• Admin users can create and manage models. The admin has been optimised.
• Librarians can renew reserved titles. Create, update, delete titles and authors.

Quick Start

To get this project up and running locally on your computer:

1. Set up the Python development environment.
2. Assuming you have Python setup, run the following commands:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   ./manage.py makemigrations
   ./manage.py migrate
   ./manage.py collectstatic
   ./manage.py test
   ./manage.py createsuperuser
   ./manage.py runserver
   
   

3. Open a browser to http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ to open the admin site
4. Create a few test objects of each type.
5. Open tab to http://127.0.0.1:8000/catalog/ to see the main site, with your new objects.