Welcome to the web developer portfolio! This project showcases a developers work, skills, and experiences as a Developer. Built with React, it provides an interactive and responsive platform to explore a developer's projects, learn about the developer's background, and get in touch.

Table of Contents

• About the Project
• Features
• Built With
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
• Tools and Technologies
• Citations

About the Project

Created with Django Backend for the APIs & React Frontend for the user interface.

This project is a web developers portfolio application that showcases your work to prospective employers or clients.

Features

• Project gallery: Displays projects with links to live demos and GitHub repositories.

• About section: A section all about the developer.

• Experience section: Overview of professional background, skills, and technologies.

• Contact form: Allows visitors to send me messages directly.

Built With

• React
• JavaScript
• HTML
• CSS
• React Router
• Django

Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running, follow these steps.

PREREQUISITES

Make sure you have the following installed:

• Node.js (>=14.x)
• npm (>=6.x) or yarn (>=1.x)
• React (>=18.0.0)
• Django (>=5.1.3)

Tools and Technologies

1. IDEs / Editors / Debuggers
   • Visual Studio Code for Django backend for building backend services and utilizing the database
   • Visual Studio Code for React frontend for building frontend and the user interface
   • Visual Studio Code for Debugging
2. Languages
   • HTML for Django and React to build the UI
   • CSS for the design of the portfolio
   • Javascript to build the UI in React
   • Python for Django backend services
3. Package Managers
   • npm for React dependencies
   • pip for Python dependencies
4. Version Control
   • Git
   • Github for project repository
5. Test Framework
   • PyTest - TestCase for Django backend testing
   • React Testing Library for React testing
6. Software Libraries
   • Django REST framework for building APIs
   • React for frontend views and components
   • Django for backend framework
   • Fetch API for making HTTP requests from React
   • React-router-dom for frontend components
7. Database
   • Django built-in database for organizing and managing project data
8. UI Interface
   • Figma for UI design of each web page

INSTALLATION

Clone or download this project repository

Django Backend

1. cd ./portfolio_backend
2. Create your virtual environment - python -m venv env
3. Activate your virtual environment in bash - env\Scripts\activate (Windows) source env/bin/activate (MacOS)
4. pip install django
5. pip install django-rest-framework
6. pip install -r requirements.txt or pip freeze > requirements.txt
7. pip install django-cors-headers
8. pip manage.py makemigrations
9. python manage.py migrate
10. python manage.py createsuperuser - Django Admin: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin
11. python -m pip install -r portfolio_backend/requirements.txt - to set up your own virtual environment
12. python manage.py runserver

React Frontend

1. cd ./portfolio_frontend
2. npm install react
3. npm install react-route-dom
4. npm install axios
5. npm start - React Front End: https://localhost:3000

CITATIONS

• https://v5.reactrouter.com/web/guides/quick-start
• https://www.stackhawk.com/blog/django-cors-guide/
• https://ordinarycoders.com/blog/article/build-a-django-contact-form-with-email-backend
• https://www.django-rest-framework.org/tutorial/2-requests-and-responses/
• https://react-hook-form.com/docs/useform/handlesubmit
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/build-a-to-do-application-using-django-and-react
• https://medium.com/@gazzaazhari/django-backend-react-frontend-basic-tutorial-6249af7964e4
• https://react.dev/learn
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/
• https://github.com/django/django

CSS / Icons / Animations / Buttons

• https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/326717/more_unfold_icon - Author: Google / Icon Finder
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_animations/Using_CSS_animations
• https://getcssscan.com/css-buttons-examples

UI/UX

• UI/UX designed with Figma