Create a virtual environment
In Windows, after installation of Python, type the following commands in the Command prompt or Powershell as Administrator
pip install virtualenv
pip install virtualenvwrapper-win
Go to your desired directory and type the following commands
mkdir venv
virtualenv venv
The virtual environment can be activated in the Visual Studio Code.
Open the terminal in the Visual Studio code and install the following dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
Create a .env file here and write the following, when testing locally.
MONGO_URI='mongodb://localhost:27017/nxgen'
Open your Mongo Compass and create a database named "nxgen" and a collection "courses". Then import the data from data/course.json.
Run the server
flask run
The Server side of the project has the following folder structure:
- application (folder)
__init__.py (file)- extensions.py (file)
- main.py (file)
- settings.py (file)
- data (folder)
- courses.json (file)
- users.json (file)
- .flaskenv (file)
- README.md
- requirements.txt (file)
- .gitignore