README.md

print-web

A web app for uploading files to the browser to print on the server's printer (lpr)

Development Setup

First, install the dev dependencies with pip and npm (or yarn).

cd print-web
# create a virtualenv and install python reqs
pyvenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

cd react-frontend
npm install         # or yarn install

Next, be sure to run migrations to create SQLite database

cd print_web_django
./manage.py migrate

# also, create a superuser!
./manage.py createsuperuser
# go through prompts...

Running

Run the front and backend separately. Don't worry, create-react-app is set up to proxy all unknown AJAX to django (http://localhost:8000)

First, start the django app:

cd print_web_django
./manage.py runserver
# let it run and watch it for errors!

Now, start up the react dev server:

cd react-frontend
npm start

Now visit http://localhost:3000/