📚 Tutorials & How-To Guides

Welcome to the Tutorials hub! This directory contains step-by-step guides to help you with various development tasks, from setting up your environment to troubleshooting common issues.

🎓 Getting Started

1. Local Environment Setup Comprehensive guide to setting up your development environment from scratch.

2. Debugging Common Issues Solutions to frequent problems you might encounter during development.

🛠 Available Tutorials

Development Environment

• Prerequisites & Setup - System requirements and installation
• Running the Application - Start and verify your environment
• Troubleshooting Guide - Fix common setup problems

Common Tasks

• Database Connection Issues
• Frontend Not Connecting to Backend
• Dependency Management

Troubleshooting

• Common Issues & Solutions
• Docker Container Issues
• Database Migration Problems

🚀 Quick Start

Run the Application

# Start all services
docker-compose up -d

# Run backend server
cd backend
python manage.py runserver

# Run frontend development server
cd frontend
npm run dev

Common Commands

# Run tests
pytest  # Backend
npm test  # Frontend

# Database migrations
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

# Lint code
flake8 .  # Python
npx eslint .  # JavaScript

📝 Contributing New Tutorials

We welcome contributions to our tutorials! To add a new tutorial:

1. Create a new Markdown file in this directory
2. Follow the existing format and structure
3. Include clear, step-by-step instructions
4. Add relevant code examples and screenshots
5. Submit a pull request for review

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Last Updated: June 2025