Lloyds Banking Group x ShowCode Virtual Hackathon - Journey to Net Zero

Ager - A net zero solution for the agriculture sector

About Us

Ager (Latin for field) is a web solution for agriculture SMEs to transition to net zero carbon emissions. Ager allows SMEs to gain advice on how to launch a new green business or how to change their existing business to a green business. Ager also enables SMEs to see government incentives and funding to help achieve net zero as outlined by COP26. Additionally, ager provides a curated list of trusted suppliers with massive rewards and savings when purchasing supplies for your agricultural needs. Finally, there is a login option to create an account enabling you to connect with lenders, farmers and land owners who are working to achieve net zero.

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TECHNOLOGY USED

• HTML5
• CSS3
• JAVASCRIPT
• PYTHON
• DJANGO
• SQLITE3

LOCAL INSTALLATION

The installation requires Python 3.

• Clone repository
• If you have make installed in your machine (default on Linux, see here for Windows and here for Mac), then just run make run on the project folder. This will automatically install all dependencies, generate a secret key (See SECRET KEY STORING to see what to do to keep it safe), make migrations and run the server on localhost:8000.

We understand that make is not so easy to install for Windows users, so there is the following alternative using Python's pipenv that needs to be installed in the usual way: pip install pipenv

• On the projec folder run the followin sequence of commands:
  • pipenv install to install all dependencies.
  • pipenv secret_key to generate the secret key and save it to backend/settings.py (see what you should do with this in SECRET KEY STORING).
  • pipenv migrations followed by pipenv migrate to make databe migrations.
  • pipenv start to run the server on locallhost:8000.

We are using Django's default SQLite3 database so there is no need to set up any particular database. However, we recommend to create a Django superuser to be able to manage the data easily. To do that, run: backend/manage.py createsuperuser and introduce username, email (optional) and password. This will give access to the admin panel in locallhost:8000/admin.

SECRET KEY STORING

• Create an .env file on the project folder.
• Open it and type SECRET_KEY = you_secret_key, where your_secret_key is the string assigned to the variable SECRET_KEY in backend/settings.py.
• Once you have done this, replace the value of SECRET_KEY in backend/settings.py by config('SECRET_KEY').

FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS

• Creating a mobile app.
• Improving the shopping cart API: doing tests, allow authentication and link it to our cart page.
• Dynamic shop: display products according to database.

LINKS

Design: https://www.figma.com/file/jtugOFuf5nK6yGN6oIUuUD/Ager?node-id=0%3A1&t=JfsLMfo5u4tFwcCm-0

Development: https://deploy-preview-6--ager-minihack.netlify.app/

TEAM

• Javier
• Selaelo
• Jasum