CodeEditorXblock

An XBlock for Empowr's course platform that allows for the input and checking of any programming language.

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• CodeEditorXblock
  • Installation
    • Run the Django development server

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Installation

1. Make sure you have have Python 3.8 installed on your computer.

2. Clone the repo with git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:EmpowrOrg/CodeEditorXblock.git. This will give you the repo including the xblock-sdk submodule.

3. Create and Activate the Virtual Environment:

You must have a virtual environment tool installed on your computer. For more information, see Install XBlock Prerequisites .

Then create the virtual environment in your CodeEditorXblock directory.

At the command prompt in CodeEditorXblock, run the following command to create the virtual environment.

virtualenv venv

Run the following command to activate the virtual environment.

source venv/bin/activate

Install the plugin with

pip install -e swiftplugin

4. Navigate to the xblock-sdk directory and run the following command to install the requirements.

pip install -r requirements/base.txt

Run the Django development server

Navigate to the xblock-sdk directory and run the following commands.

make install

python manage.py migrate

python manage.py runserver