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+# Barn Django App
+
+Django project for the Barn web-app.
+
+This project is in early development and is by far not suitable, much less safe,
+to run in production.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+> This section is more or less copied from
+	[Django Local Library](https://github.com/mdn/django-locallibrary-tutorial)
+
+To get this project up and running locally on your computer:
+
+1. Set up the [Python development environment](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Django/development_environment).
+	It is recommended to use a Python virtual environment.
+	> This has been tested against Django 4.1.4 (and may not work or be "optimal" for other versions).
+1. Assuming you have Python setup, run the following commands (if you're on Windows
+	you may use `py` or `py -3` instead of `python` to start Python):
+
+		pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+		python3 manage.py makemigrations
+		python3 manage.py migrate
+		python3 manage.py createsuperuser # Create a superuser
+		python3 manage.py runserver
+
+1. Open http://127.0.0.1:8000 and log in with your username and password
+1. You can now create objects and view them