How to run

1. Download and install the latest version of node 16 for your operating system
   • https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.19.0/
2. Install git:
   • https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git
3. Authenticate your Github account with Git:
   • https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/getting-started-with-git/caching-your-github-credentials-in-git
4. Clone this repo using your command line
   • git https://github.com/cheaper-eater/frontend.git
5. Setup a .env file
   • navigate to the root of the project you cloned and create a file called .env
   • in that file, add the following lines:

   API_DOMAIN=
   API_PORT=
   

   • for the API_DOMAIN environment variable, set the domain to use for the backend api, if you are working on the project locally using the web browser, use localhost ex: API_DOMAIN=localhost. If you want to test the mobile version of the application, use the local ip address of your machine ex: 192.168.1.117.
   • for the API_PORT environment variable, set the port of the backend api, if you are using the standard config in the backend, this should be set to 8000 ex: API_PORT=8000
   • note that when you make a change to the .env file, you must clear the cache for changes to take effect.
     • using expo (this only works for Android and IOS)
       • expo start -c the -c flag tells expo to clear the cache
     • removing the data manually (for web)
       • delete the cache directory found at {project root}/.expo/web/cache
6. Build and run:
   • in your command line, navigate to the project directory you cloned
   • in your command line, run npm install to install all of the project dependencies
   • in your command line, run npm run build:tailwind to build the project's talwind classes
   • run with npm run web|ios|android where web|ios|android is the platform you want to run the app on