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+### Clone the repository
+git clone <repository link>
+cd <repository>
+
+### Create a virtual environment to isolate our package dependencies locally
+python3 -m venv env
+source env/bin/activate  # On Windows use `env\Scripts\activate`
+
+### Install Django, Django REST framework and neomodel into the virtual environment
+~~~
+pip install django
+~~~
+
+~~~
+pip install djangorestframework
+~~~
+
+~~~
+pip install neomodel
+~~~
+
+### Django common command lines
+~~~
+python manage.py makemigrations # When you make changes to your models, your database needs to understand how these changes might affect the database. This command automatically makes files that document these changes.
+~~~
+
+~~~
+python manage.py runserver # This command you'll probably run the most of all commands. It means to run a emulated server on your local computer.
+~~~