CDS Project

Setting up the Python Environment

1. Install Python 3 if you haven't already.

2. Open a terminal or command prompt in the project directory.

3. Change directory to backend

    cd backend

4. Create a virtual environment using venv:

   python -m venv env

5. Activate the virtual environment:

   • On Windows:

   env\Scripts\activate

   • On Unix or Linux:

   source env/bin/activate

6. Install the required packages using pip:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

   This may take a while.

To run the backend server

1. To run the app:

   python app.py

2. The server will be running at http://localhost:5000