Print-Server

For complete deployment guide, please refer to deploy-notes.md

Create Virtual Environment

virtualenv venv

Install Dependencies

source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Install Dependencies (Manual)

pip install Django==4.0.5 fpdf==1.7.2

Generate requirements.txt

pip freeze > requirements.txt

Project Map

Application	Models	views
users	MyUser, TeamUser, PrinterUser, Lab	'home', 'status'
prints	Prints, PrintConfiguration	'pdf', 'submit'
solo	Singleton

Model Description

Model	Fields	Description
MyUser	is_team,is_printer, ...	This models is almost same as django.contrib.auth.models.User , This model is used for user authentication
TeamUser	user, lab, location
PrinterUser	user,
Lab	name
Prints	print_id, owner, source_code, submission_time, printing_time, status, total_page	Every print request from team user is modeled by this model
PrintConfiguration	paper_type, orientation, line_height, unit, font_size	This model is used by fpdf library while generating pdf from code

View Description

View	Possible Redirection	Description
home	'login', 'status', 'admin-panel'	!authenticated -> logout , is_team -> status , other -> admin-panel
status	'submit' , 'logout'	Team can see status of their print requests
submit	'logout', 'home'	Team can submit code as print request
pdf		Team_user -> null , other user -> pdf
admin	...	handled by django admin implementation
admin-prints model	...	Auto refresging enabled if page is scrolled to the top. Scroll down a little bit to stop auto refresh.
Control+Click on view pdf link to open pdf in new tab.

Production checklist

• Check if DEBUG=False in settings.py
• Run staticserver ( preferrably in another pc )
• add static url in settings.py
• makemigration and migrate
• add user info
• runserver
• check from team pc & printer pc