For Developers

Explain scripts, admin page, and other commands required to edit code.

Django Documentation

To access the admin page (to view Course objects): Introducing the Django Admin

To load changes, save changes and refresh tab

Modifying Course Model

• If Course fields are modified (added, renamed, deleted), the database will need to be updated: run python manage.py makemigrations, then python manage.py migrate
  • If the field representations are changed without modifying the fields themselves (eg. changed professors_info field from dictionary to list), run python manage.py updatecourseobjects to refresh all the fields of all Course objects currently stored in the database

Scripts

• updatescripts.py is used to sync locally stored data with the APIs: uncomment the code block corresponding to the desired data to sync, then run the file. These will take a while to execute.
• testscripts.py is used to test the output of various scraper methods: uncomment the code block corresonding to the desired method(s) to test, modify the parameters as required, then run the file.