README.md

This application consists of a python Flask backend and a React + Typescript + Vite front end. Both need to be running for the application to work properly.

Initial Setup (To Be Completed Once)

Intial setup for the backend

Make sure you have Python 3.0 installed on your machine.

From inside the api folder:

Create a virtual environment for Flask

py -3 -m venv .venv

Activate the virtual environment (make sure you are using PowerShell or Command Prompt)

.venv\Scripts\activate

Install dependencies within the activated environment (from the same terminal as the command above)

pip install -r requirements.txt

Intial setup for the frontend

From inside the shopping-list-web folder

npm install

Running the application

Running the backend

From inside the api folder, in gitbash

source .venv/Scripts/activate && flask run --debug

Running the frontend

From inside the shopping-list-web folder

npm run dev