Installation ?
Navigate to your directory of choice the proceed as follows;
1 .Clone the git repo and create a virtual environment
Depending on your operating system,make a virtual environment to avoid messing with your machine’s primary dependencies
Windows
git clone https://github.com/Dev-Elie/GDSC_MUT-WEB-Series.git .
cd your-working-directory
py -3 -m venv venv
macOS/Linux
git clone https://github.com/Dev-Elie/GDSC_MUT-WEB-Series.git .
cd your-working-directory
py -3 -m venv venv
2 .Activate the virtual environment (venv)
Windows
venv\Scripts\activate
macOS/Linux
. venv/bin/activate or source venv/bin/activate
3 .Install the requirements
Applies for windows/macOS/Linux
pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Run the application ?
For linux and macOS Make the run file executable by running the code
chmod 777 run
Then start the application by executing the run file
./run
On windows
set FLASK_APP=main
flask run
? If you choose to start on a new database, delete the migrations directory and the database.db file then on your terminal ( make sure you’re in the correct working directory) then run;
1. Create a migration repository
flask db init
Creates a new migrations folder inside your cwd.
2. Generate an initial migration
flask db migrate
Creates a database with the required table.
3. Apply the migration to the database
flask db upgrade
Then, whenever the database models change, run the migrate and upgrade commands again. ☺️
GitHub
Dev-Elie
