refactor: Makefile used instead of bash script to make development environment.

Author: omidcodes

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+.PHONY: db wait-db ensure-db rabbit web-stop migrate dev help
+
+help:                ## List available targets
+	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## ' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) \
+	  | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "  \033[36m%-10s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+db:                  ## Remove old standalone postgres, then start Compose db
+	@echo "🛑 Removing old 'postgres' container if it exists…"
+	@docker ps --filter "name=postgres$$" -q | xargs -r docker rm -f >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	@echo "🔍 Starting 'db' service via Compose…"
+	@docker compose up -d db
+
+wait-db:             ## Wait until Postgres accepts connections
+	@echo "⏳ Waiting for Postgres to be ready…"
+	@until docker compose exec db pg_isready -U postgres >/dev/null 2>&1; do \
+	  sleep 1; \
+	done
+	@echo "✅ Postgres is accepting connections."
+
+ensure-db:           ## Create taskflow DB if it doesn’t already exist
+	@echo "🔧 Ensuring database 'taskflow' exists…"
+	@docker compose exec db \
+	  psql -U postgres -tc "SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname='taskflow';" \
+	  | grep -q 1 \
+	  && echo "✅ 'taskflow' already exists." \
+	  || (echo "🚀 Creating 'taskflow'…" \
+	      && docker compose exec db psql -U postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE taskflow;")
+	@echo "✅ Database is ready."
+
+rabbit:              ## Start RabbitMQ service
+	@echo "🔍 Starting 'rabbitmq' service…"
+	@docker compose up -d rabbitmq
+
+web-stop:            ## Stop & remove the web container
+	@echo "🛑 Stopping & removing 'web'…"
+	@docker compose stop web >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	@docker compose rm -f web  >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+migrate:             ## Run Django migrations
+	@echo "🔄 Applying Django migrations…"
+	@python3 manage.py migrate
+
+
+# ------------------------ RUN EVERYTHING ------------------------
+
+dev: db wait-db ensure-db rabbit web-stop migrate  ## Bootstrap everything
+	@echo "✅ Ready for dev! Run: python manage.py runserver"

README.md

@@ -60,20 +60,7 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
 ### 🔧 2. Configure Environment
-Edit the `.env` file:
-```dotenv
-DEBUG=True
-SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key
-DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost,127.0.0.1,[::1]
-
-POSTGRES_DB=taskflow
-POSTGRES_USER=postgres
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
-POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
-POSTGRES_PORT=5432
-
-CELERY_BROKER_URL=amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//
-```
+Copy the `.env.example` file and rename it to `.env` .
 
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@@ -82,7 +69,7 @@ CELERY_BROKER_URL=amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//
 Run Django and Celery locally. Use Docker for DB & RabbitMQ only.
 
 ```bash
-./start-dev-services.sh      # Start db + rabbitmq only
+make dev    # using Makefile to create development envionment
 python manage.py runserver   # Run Django locally
 celery -A taskflow_api worker --loglevel=info  # Start Celery
 ```

docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.9'
-
 services:
   web:
     build: .