Follow instructions to install the latest version of python for your platform in the python docs

It's recommended that you work within a virtual environment whenever using Python for projects. This keeps your dependencies for each project separate and organized. Instructions for setting up a virtual environment for your platform can be found in the python docs

From within the /backend directory first ensure you are working using your created virtual environment, by running

python3 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate

Once you have your virtual environment setup and running, install dependencies by naviging to the /backend directory and running:

pip install -r requirements.txt

This will install all of the required packages we selected within the requirements.txt file.

• Flask is a lightweight backend microservices framework. Flask is required to handle requests and responses.

• SQLAlchemy and Flask-SQLAlchemy are libraries to handle the lightweight sqlite database.

• jose JavaScript Object Signing and Encryption for JWTs. Useful for encoding, decoding, and verifying JWTS.

Rename .env.example to .env

cp .env.example .env

The necessary configuration for running the Flask App should already be set, FLASK_APP=src/app.py and FLASK_DEBUG=True

To run the server, execute:

flask run