Lambda Notes

Note taking app that allows people to create personal notes, search for a specific note, and filter notes by assigned tag.

• Deployed Site:
  • https://lambda-notes-application.netlify.com

Tech:

• React
• Redux
• Django
• Django REST framework
• Django REST framework JWT
• PostgreSQL

How to start a local instance:

This app uses Django 2.1.2, Python 3.6, and React 16.3.

This project is broken up into a backend and frontend. The backend contains the Django project which uses the Django Rest Framework to host a simple API. The frontend uses React and queries data from the API.

• fork/clone repo

1. navigate into root directory
2. to start the backend server:
   • cd backend/src
   • Create and activate a virtual environment
   • Run pip install -r requirements.txt
   • In /lambda_notes/settings.py change line 157 to CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = True
   • python manage.py runserver

• Django server will be running at http://localhost:8000/

3. to start the front end:
   • cd frontend/lambda_notes
   • yarn install
   • yarn start

• local host will be at http://localhost:3000/