Flicks & Picks

Table of Contents

1. About The Project
2. Features
3. Installation
4. Functional Demo
5. Contributors

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📝 About The Project

"Flicks & Picks" is a comprehensive movie platform that offers a rich and personalized user experience. The platform allows users to explore an extensive catalog of movies, obtain detailed information, share their opinions, and much more.

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⭐ Features

Unregistered users can:

• Browse the movie catalog freely.
• Access basic information about each movie.
• Perform advanced searches by title, description, genre, and rating.

Registered users can:

• Rate movies, contributing to the average rating displayed to all users.
• Manage their account, view and modify personal information.
• Delete their account if desired.
• Perform all the actions available to unregistered users.

Administrators can:

• Manage the movie catalog, including adding new movies, editing existing information, and deleting movies.
• Manage actors and directors to keep the catalog updated and relevant.
• Perform all the actions available to registered users.

Our movie web application offers a complete and personalized user experience, allowing users to explore, rate, and review movies, while administrators manage the movie catalog and film personalities.

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🚀 Installation

To get a local copy up and running, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10 or later
• Node.js

Steps

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/winoo19/flicks-and-picks.git

2. Install the required packages specified in the requirements.txt file (we recommend using a virtual environment)

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. To start the backend server:

   • Navigate to the backend directory

     cd src/backend

   • Run the server using the following command:

   python manage.py runserver

4. To start the frontend server:

   • Navigate to the frontend directory

       cd src/frontend

   • Install the required packages using the following command:

       npm install

   • Run the server using the following command:

       npm run dev

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🎬 Functional Demo

Here's the link to the functional video demonstration of the project: Watch the demo

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👥 Contributors

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