CSESA Website

Welcome to the official repository for the Computer Science and Engineering Students Association (CSESA) website.

This platform serves as the digital hub for CSESA, showcasing our events, projects, team members, and providing a gateway for students to connect and collaborate.

🚀 Features

• Dynamic Landing Page: Engaging animations using Framer Motion and Three.js.
• Events & Projects Showcase: Detailed listings of past and upcoming events, as well as ongoing technical projects.
• Team Directory: Profiles of the core team members and contributors.
• Authentication System: Secure login and profile management with JWT authentication.
• Contact Us: Built-in messaging system to reach out to the organization.
• Smart Loading State: Intelligent loading screens that adapt to the backend server's response time (especially useful for cold starts on free hosting tiers).

💻 Tech Stack

Frontend

• Framework: React 19 with Vite
• Language: TypeScript
• Styling: Tailwind CSS v4
• Animations: Framer Motion, GSAP, Three.js
• Routing: React Router v7

Backend

• Framework: Django & Django REST Framework (DRF)
• Language: Python
• Database: SQLite (Development) / PostgreSQL (Production ready)
• Authentication: djangorestframework-simplejwt

🛠️ Local Development Setup

To run this project locally, you will need Node.js and Python installed on your machine.

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/CSESA-IITI/CSESA-Website.git
cd CSESA-Website

2. Backend Setup

Navigate to the backend directory and set up the Python environment:

cd backend
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows use `venv\Scripts\activate`

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run migrations
python manage.py migrate

# Start the development server
python manage.py runserver

The backend API will run on http://127.0.0.1:8000/.

3. Frontend Setup

Open a new terminal window, navigate to the frontend directory:

cd frontend

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the development server
npm run dev

The frontend application will be available at http://localhost:5173/.

☁️ Deployment

• Frontend: Designed to be easily deployed on Vercel or Netlify.
• Backend: Pre-configured for deployment on Render. Includes a render.yaml for infrastructure as code, and handles cold-starts gracefully on the frontend.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are always welcome! Please feel free to open a pull request or submit an issue if you find any bugs or have feature requests.

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Developed with ❤️ by the CSESA Team.