The latest articles on DEV Community by anita564-lucy (@anita564lucy). https://dev.to/anita564lucy https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3900267%2F4f302555-6268-4782-9e22-c3ed33e8345a.png https://dev.to/anita564lucy en anita564-lucy Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:23:09 +0000 https://dev.to/anita564lucy/building-skillshare-kenya-a-django-skills-marketplace-with-pwa-support-5127 https://dev.to/anita564lucy/building-skillshare-kenya-a-django-skills-marketplace-with-pwa-support-5127 <p>Introduction</p> <p>SkillShare Kenya is a skills marketplace built with Django that connects Kenyan professionals with people looking for their services. This project was built as part of my web development training at Code Hub.</p> <p>What I Built</p> <p>SkillShare Kenya allows:</p> <ul> <li>Providers to list their skills and services</li> <li>Seekers to browse and find talented professionals</li> <li>Users to register, login, reset passwords and manage profiles with profile images</li> </ul> <p>Tech Stack</p> <ul> <li>Backend: Django 5.1.4, Python</li> <li>Frontend: Tailwind CSS</li> <li>Database: PostgreSQL (Render)</li> <li>Authentication: Django Allauth</li> <li>Deployment: Render</li> </ul> <p>Features</p> <ol> <li>Complete user authentication (register, login, password reset, password change)</li> <li>Two user types: Provider and Seeker</li> <li>Profile images for all users</li> <li>Skills marketplace with categories (Tech, Design, Music, Health, Business, Education)</li> <li>Progressive Web App (PWA) support</li> </ol> <p>Challenges</p> <p>The biggest challenge was deployment - getting the static files and database configured correctly on Render took several attempts. I learned a lot about production Django settings.</p> <p>Live Demo</p> <ul> <li>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/anita564-lucy/skillshare-kenya" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/anita564-lucy/skillshare-kenya</a> </li> <li>Live URL: <a href="https://skillshare-kenya.onrender.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://skillshare-kenya.onrender.com</a> </li> </ul> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>This project taught me how to build a full-stack Django application from scratch, configure deployment on Render, and work with multiple user types in Django.</p> django python showdev webdev