Wizard — Automobile Reservation & Portfolio Platform

A full-stack web application built with Django 5, serving as both a live automobile reservation system and a personal developer portfolio. Designed, built, and deployed independently from scratch.

🌐 Live Demo: wizard-7zh9.onrender.com

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Features

• Automobile reservation system with booking workflow
• Automated email notifications sent to company inbox on booking confirmation
• Personal developer portfolio section
• Rich text content support via django-ckeditor
• Responsive, mobile-friendly frontend using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Static file serving with WhiteNoise for production
• Deployed on Render with Gunicorn as the production server

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Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Backend	Django 5.2, Python
Frontend	HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
Forms	django-crispy-forms, crispy-bootstrap5
Rich Text	django-ckeditor, django-ckeditor-5
Images	Pillow
Static Files	WhiteNoise
Server	Gunicorn
Database	SQLite3 (local)
Deployment	Render

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Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Asiwaju24/wizard.git
cd wizard

2. Create and activate a virtual environment

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate        # Linux/Mac
venv\Scripts\activate           # Windows

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up environment variables

Create a .env file in the root directory:

SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key
DEBUG=True
EMAIL_HOST_USER=your-email@gmail.com
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=your-email-password

5. Run migrations

python manage.py migrate

6. Start the development server

python manage.py runserver

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000 in your browser.

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Deployment

The application is deployed on Render using Gunicorn as the WSGI server and WhiteNoise for static file handling. To deploy your own instance:

1. Create a new Web Service on Render
2. Connect this repository
3. Set the build command: pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Set the start command: gunicorn portfolio.settings:application
5. Add your environment variables in the Render dashboard

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Project Structure

wizard/
├── portfolio/          # Django project settings and URL config
├── wizard/             # Main application (models, views, URLs)
├── static/             # Static source files (CSS, JS, images)
├── staticfiles/        # Collected static files for production
├── media/              # User-uploaded media files
├── manage.py           # Django management utility
├── requirements.txt    # Python dependencies
└── .hintrc             # Linting configuration

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Author

Olaniyan Taslim — github.com/Asiwaju24