Northwind Django Project

This is a Django-based web application built using the Northwind sample database, often used for learning and demonstrating database operations in a business setting (customers, orders, products, etc.).

📂 Project Structure

• apps/ – Contains modular Django apps for handling different business logic.
• northwind/ – Main project folder with settings and URLs.
• templates/ – HTML templates for rendering views.
• static/ – Static files (CSS, JS, etc.).

💡 Features

• Customer management
• Product and order tracking
• Admin dashboard (Django Admin)
• Relational data modeling using Django ORM

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+
• pip (Python package manager)
• Virtualenv (optional but recommended)

Installation

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/pravin-python/northwind.git
cd northwind

# Set up virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Apply migrations
python manage.py migrate

# Run the development server
python manage.py runserver