To install a complete *development* environment for InvenTree, follow the steps presented below. A production environment will require further work as per the particular application requirements.
InvenTree is a Python/Django application and relies on the pip package manager. All packages required to develop and test InvenTree can be installed via pip. Package requirements can be found in ``requirements.txt``.
InvenTree provides a simple default setup which should work *out of the box* for testing and debug purposes. For installation in production environments, further configuration options are available in the ``config.yaml`` configuration file.
The configuration file provides administrators control over various setup options without digging into the Django ``settings.py`` script. The default setup uses a sqlite database with *DEBUG* mode enabled.
For further information on installation configuration, refer to the `Configuration <config.html>`_ section.
Run ``python3 InvenTree/manage.py runserver`` to launch a development server. This will launch the InvenTree web interface at ``127.0.0.1:8000``. For other options refer to the `django docs <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/django-admin/>`_.
Whenever a change is made to the underlying database schema, database migrations must be performed. Call ``make migrate`` to run any outstanding database migrations.
Development and Testing
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Other shorthand functions are provided for the development and testing process:
*``make test`` - Run all unit tests
*``make coverage`` - Run all unit tests and generate code coverage report
*``make style`` - Check Python codebase against PEP coding standards (using Flake)
*``make documentation`` - Generate this documentation
