Acknowledgements

Currently, we host this website on Tencent Cloud. We have used a lot of open-source libraries in this project, as listed below:

This website is built with:

• Python + Django, as the server-side application framework
• MySQL, as the database system
• Nginx, previously used for serving static files
• uWSGI, as the server program (forwards requests from Nginx to Django)
• Semantic UI, for the styling of UI components
• Vue.js, to simplify JavaScript DOM operations (although currently we do not have much JavaScript on this site...)

Other third-party components used:

• python-markdown2, for server-side rendering (conversion to HTML) of Markdown contents
• MathJax, for client-side rendering of mathematical formulas
• SymPy, for automatic simplification of mathematical expressions
• Let's Encrypt / Certbot, for a free HTTP SSL certificate
• js-cookie, to simplify JavaScript cookie operations

Plan to use in the future:

• Elasticsearch, for in-site search functionality
  • django-elasticsearch-dsl, as a wrapper for Elasticsearch

Besides, we have used some awesome photos on Pexels to decorate this website:

• shallow-focus-photography-of-green-leaves-1002335
• analysis-blackboard-board-bubble-355952
• auditorium-benches-chairs-class-207691
• ipad-paper-clips-and-erasers-flatlay-5088022