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 If successful, you can now see the running server in your browser at `http://127.0.0.1:8000`.
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+## Populate the database with test data
+The json-Files in quiz/fixtures define some test data. To load the test data into your database run
+```
+python manage.py loaddata quiz/fixtures/*.json
+```
+This will replace all your database content with the content defined in the fixtures. 
+
+## Use the django admin interface to view and edit data during development
+If you started the server as described above, you can access the django admin interface on
+[localhost:8000/admin](localhost:8000/admin).   
+If you loaded the data from the fixtures you can login with username: "admin" and password: "password"
+