You will need to install both python and javascript/front-end dependencies for local development.
To install the python dependencies, in a virtual env do:
pip installl -r requirements.txt
For front end dependencies do(assuming you have node and npm installed in your system):
npm install to install.
Bootstrap 4's SASS files are compiled locally to produce the CSS files. You will most likely need to install SASS in your local machine.
Django-assets is used to manage the static assets. Any changes you make to the SASS files will be picked automatically as long as the development server is running.
To update the static assets after installing newer versions, run npm run assets
python manage.py collectstatic
Set up the database credentials as appropriate, MySQL database is used. Run local server: DJANGO_MODE=DEVELOPMENT python manage.py runserver
Run migrations, create a superuser account and start the development server.
DJANGO_MODE=DEVELOPMENT python manage.py migrate
Tests make use of pytest through the pytest-django integration. All tests are located in the tests package.