They Write Code Django App

This project takes random identities and puts them together in funny and thought provoking ways showing us that a coder can be anyone.

APIs Used

###Twitter

Installation

1. virtualenv

Learn more about virtualenv. Create a new virtualenv for your own project, where projectname is the name of your project:

$ virtualenv --python=python3 projectname

Activate your virtualenv:

$ source projectname/bin/activate

2. Download

Now, you need the writecode project files in your environment:

$ cd /path/to/your/project
$ git clone git://github.com/bluflowr/theywritecode.git projectname && cd projectname

3. Requirements

Included is the requirements.txt file that has all the resources you'll need for this project. To install them, simply type:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

4. SECRET_KEY and Credentials

Rename secret_example.py to secret.py

Go to http://www.miniwebtool.com/django-secret-key-generator/, create your secret key, copy it. Open secret.py, find key line, paste your secret key.
Go to Twitter. Once you've created you app keys and access tokens, enter your Twitter credentials in secret.py.

5. Initialize the database

First set the database engine (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc..) in your settings files; plotcreator/settings.py. Install necessary database drivers. Define your credentials. Then create your database:

$ python manage.py migrate
$ python manage.py makemigrations writecode
$ python manage.py migrate

6. Runserver

$ python manage.py runserver

7. Twitter Cron Job

Create a cron job to post updates to twitter.

$ python manage.py tweet 

Implementation

This site is currently live at theywritecode.com There is also a cron job posting pairings to twitter twice a day! @theywritecode