Student Assistant

Project Description

Student Assistant is a web application designed to help students track academic deadlines and manage their grades.

Users can:

• Add, edit, and delete courses
• Assign deadlines for assignments, quizzes, and projects
• Input grades for deadlines or record them independently
• Sort deadlines by date to better organize their academic schedule
• Use calculator to calculate weighted average
• See recent grades, upcoming deadlines and latest news on the home page

Getting Started

Backend Setup

1. Navigate to the backend directory:

   cd backend

2. Create a virtual environment:

   python -m venv venv

3. Activate the virtual environment:

   • On macOS/Linux:

     source venv/bin/activate

   • On Windows:

     venv\Scripts\activate

4. Install the dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Run the backend server:

   python manage.py makemigrations
   python manage.py migrate
   python manage.py runserver

Frontend Setup

1. Navigate to the frontend directory:

   cd frontend

2. Install the dependencies:

   npm install

3. Start the frontend development server:

   npm run dev

Docker

This project is fully containerized for rapid deployment. All you have to do:

1. Install docker, docker-compose and make sure it is running.

2. Build the images:

docker-compose build

3. Run the containers

docker-compose up

Sources Used

• Bootstrap v5.3.3
• Google OAuth v2.0
• Django-Allauth v0.65.5
• PyJWT v2.6.0
• React

Credits

This project was originally built with a group of students. The original version can be found at: StudentAssistant

This version builds on the original by adding a React frontend.