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In this repository I intend to keep track of some algorithms I've been learning throw the past year. The code consists on a Django application that runs the algorithms, written in p5.js (Processing) as static files.

Running the code

Install dependencies

1. Create a virtual environment

python -m venv venv

2. Activate the virtual environment

source venv/bin/activate

3. Install the requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

Set up a secret key

4. Generate a secret key for Django

python gen_secret_key.py

5. Export the secret as an environment variable

export DJANGO_SECRET_KEY='your-secret-key'

Launch the site

Production

Use this approach when launching the site in production. It is faster, more scalable, and designed to handle production loads.

gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 projects.wsgi:application

Development

Use this approach when launching the site locally in development. It is simpler and automatically reloads the application when the code changes.

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080