Update instructions

To update the app, navigate to your instructor_pilot directory do the following:

1. First, download the latest version of the app with Git:

   git pull

2. Update the app dependencies in the conda environment:

   conda update -n base -c defaults conda
   conda env update --file environment.yml --name <name-of-your-conda-env> --prune

   This might take a few minutes and the dependencies change rarely, so in most cases you can skip this step. After this command successfully completes, you can free up disk space by running conda clean -a (this will remove all installation caches).

3. Update the database structure and existing data:

   conda activate <name-of-your-conda-env>
   python manage.py makemigrations
   python manage.py migrate

4. Important: Restart the server, open the app in your browser and empty the cache. Different browsers and operating systems have different keyboard shortcuts for that. For example, in Chrome on Windows or Linux, you can press Ctrl + Shift + R to do this (Cmd + Shift + R on Mac), while other browsers may require you to press Ctrl + F5.

Note

If you are using the new React UI at http://localhost:5173/, then additionally navigate to the directory frontend and run npm install.