mgai / django-api-rest-and-angular

An example repository of combining Django Rest Framework with AngularJS

Django API with Django Rest Framework and AngularJS-Resource

This sample project is the companion of a blog post on how to get started with Django Rest Framework and AngularJS.

Dependencies

To setup and run the sample code, you're going to need npm from NodeJS available to install the frontend code.

Setup

You're encouraged to setup a virtualenv to work in prior to configuring the dependencies.

1. Install Python Requirements

    pip install -r requirements.txt
    python setup.py develop
   

2. Install Bower + Grunt

    npm install -g grunt-cli bower
   

3. Install Assets

    npm install
    bower install
   

4. Compile Assets

    grunt
   

5. Setup the Database

    make create_database; make make_fixtures
   

6. Run the Server

    ./manage.py runserver