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+# PetTherapy
+Web application developed in Python with Django framework for University of Connecticut's Pet Therapy program.
+
+To run the application, run the following in your terminal after you clone the repo; 
+
+python3 manage.py runserver
+
+For More information, please contact me at allan.feng@uconn.edu
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'mysite.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()