We are using Django for development of App Store and CyVerse integration site.

Before you can contribute, you need to understand some basics of how Django works.

Django is a full-stack web application framework that uses object-oriented python to manage pages, content, and database. Django is popular and there is a lot of documentation.

If you are new to Django, a great way to get started is to do the following sections of the tutorial "Writing your first Django App":

• Part 1 - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/intro/tutorial01/
• Part 2 - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/intro/tutorial02/
• Part 3 - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/intro/tutorial03/

As you do above tutorials, it's useful to think about:

• How do you modify the database? (models.py)
• How do you add data to the database? (migrations)
• How does URL matching and dispatching work?
• How do you create a new page?
• How do you create a completely new django site?
• How do you create a completely new django app for your django site?

And:

• What is settings.py?
• What is manage.py?
• What is urls.py?
• What is django-admin?

Tips & Links:

• You can install and run Django on Linux, MacOS, or Windows. It's super easy on all platforms!
• App Store will be deployed on Ubuntu Linux, but you can develop on whichever platform you prefer.
• Probably you can use whatever database you like for your development environment.
• Django quick install guide - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/intro/install/
• It is useful to install and run django in a virtual environment. That way, you can install whatever packages you need without fear of contaminating your system python. On many systems this is a major consideration. For instructions, see the section on virtual environments in the "Contributing" tutorial: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/intro/contributing/