A basic Django app with the Github API

• A simple app that consumes the JSON response of a simple GitHub API request.

Installation

• Install virtualenv with the following command:

  $ pip install virtualenv

• Set up your development structure:

  $ mkdir YourProjectName
  $ cd YourProjectName
  $ virtualenv YourProjectEnv
  $ git clone git@github.com:ijajmulani/A-basic-Django-app-with-the-Github-API.git githubapi
  $ source YourProjectEnv/bin/activate
  $ cd githubapi

• Let’s get Django installed:

  $ pip install django

• Install request module:

  $ pip install request

• Install dateutil module for date conversion:

  $ pip install python-dateutil

• Launch the development server:

  $ python manage.py runserver