For Developers

To contribute to this project, please reach out to pcreighton429@gmail.com.

Viewing `Course` Objects stored in the data base

The database only stores Course objects that have been previously searched. These objects contain all the information displayed on the details page, except for the lists used: for the prerequisite tree, section professors, and course professors sections.
To view and manage the Course objects currently stored, will need to create a super user account: Introducing the Django Admin
- You can sort pages by name and average, as well as view as the information stored for each object

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

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.