Angel2001-programmer · Angel2001-programmer · Dec 22, 2023 · Dec 29, 2023 · Dec 29, 2023 · Dec 29, 2023
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,9 @@
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
+
+flask-server/.env
+flask-server/venv/
+flask-server/__pycache__/
+**/__pycache__/
+*.pyc
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
diff --git a/.idea/Introverse.iml b/.idea/Introverse.iml
diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
diff --git a/Final project document/Project Document Group 1.docx b/Final project document/Project Document Group 1.docx
diff --git a/Final project document/Project Document Group 1.pdf b/Final project document/Project Document Group 1.pdf
diff --git a/Final project document/PythonREADME.md b/Final project document/PythonREADME.md
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -13,28 +13,35 @@ Follow the following steps to get frontend of application running in your termin
 3. npm start
 ```
 ```
-5. Enjoy exploring our website.
+4. Enjoy exploring our website.
 ```
 
-## Backend
+# Backend
+See [Flask Readme](flask-server/README.md) for more information
 ## To set up and run the server
-1. Install the required packages with pip
+1. Create a virtual python environment (can do this with command or VScode should prompt you when try to run a file) and select it.
+```
+python -m venv venv
+```
+2. Install the required packages with pip (or pip3 for mac).
 ```
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
-If you have any issues with modules not being installed properly try pip install manually
-If they are installed but the file shows not imported properly try changing the Python interpreter (Ctrl+Shift+P in VS code) and reinstalling if necessary
-2. Change mysqlconfig.py to your credentials
-3. Create the database if does not already exist - either through the SQL script or with Python
-To create from Python run the create_db.py file
+3. Set up the .env file, can create a copy of (or rename) .env.example and save as .env. Follow the instructions to add a secret key and your MySQL credentials.
+4. Create the databases, either through the SQL script or with Python. Running create_db.py will create them if they don't exist or print if they do.
 ```
 python create_db.py
 ```
-4. Create the tables if do not already exist - either through the SQL script or with Python (create_tables.py)
+5. Create tables of the development database through the SQL script or running create_tables.py (recommended). Can use flask migrate, flask db upgrade, to get the latest migrations of tables. Alternatively you can also uncomment with app context db.create_all in the app.py factory function.
 ```
 python create_tables.py
 ```
-5. Run routes.py to start the server
 ```
-python routes.py
+flask db upgrade
+```
+6. Insert the book, game, and anime data from the SQL script file into your database so that can use the recommendation feature.
+7. Run app.py to start the server
+```
+python app.py
 ```
+Enjoy!
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