Group 1 - CS261 Group Project

Members:

Python 3.11 or higher
- Make sure pip, pipenv and setuptools are installed and upgraded to the latest version by running pip3 install --upgrade pip pipenv setuptools.
Node.js LTS or higher and npm
- Note: the latest versions of Node.js may output a warning when the website is running.
MySQL 8 or higher
- For macOS Homebrew users, run brew install mysql.
- For Linux, you should use the package manager specific to your distribution.
(Optional) pnpm

Clone the repository by running git clone https://github.com/thiswasdumb/SoftEngProject.git.
Enter the project directory with cd tradetalker and install the dependencies with npm i (or pnpm i if you wish to use pnpm.)
Setup the MySQL server:
- Start the server. (On macOS, run mysql.server start)
- Access the server by running mysql -u root.
- Create the tradetalkerdb database. (CREATE DATABASE tradetalkerdb;)
- Exit the server by running exit.
Run the development server with npm run dev or pnpm dev.
- If an error shows up containing the message /bin/sh: pkg-config: command not found, try installing pkg-config by running brew install pkg-config.
Wait until the Flask server is ready, and open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.
The Flask server will be running on http://127.0.0.1:8080.
When done, stop the MySQL server. (On macOS, run mysql.server stop)

Further details about how to develop the project can be found in the project readme.