fixtures working

README.md

@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ Create the database and apply any necessary migrations:
 python manage.py migrate
 ```
 
+Next, seed your database with some data:
+
+```
+python manage.py loaddata fixtures.json
+```
+
+Once you've seeded the database, you will be able to log in with
+either a staff account, student account, or teacher account, with usernames
+'staff_user', 'student_user', and teacher_user, respectively.  All three account
+passwords are 'topsecret123'
+
 Finally run the application on your local machine with:
 
 ```
@@ -52,8 +63,6 @@ Navigate in your browser to:
 localhost:8000/
 ```
 
-And Bob's your uncle.
-
 ## Running the tests
 
 Your requirements.txt file has installed the `coverage` package for you, which provides a nice coverage report for all the tests.
@@ -124,6 +133,17 @@ Azure Storage server accessible at
 docker-compose up
 ```
 
+To seed your database with some data:
+
+```
+docker-compose run web python manage.py loaddata fixtures.json
+```
+
+Once you've seeded the database, you will be able to log in with
+either a staff account, student account, or teacher account, with usernames
+'staff_user', 'student_user', and teacher_user, respectively.  All three account
+passwords are 'topsecret123'
+
 To start over with a fresh environment:
 
 ```bash

docker-compose.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_DB=mbdb
     volumes:
       - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    ports:
+        - "5432:5432"
   azurite:
     image: mcr.microsoft.com/azure-storage/azurite
     ports: