shop4this!

This allows users to record and share things they want to buy, meeting the needs of keeping track of the shopping lists

Getting Started

Here is a step by step by guide on how to get the project running locally on a machine:

• Clone this repository to your local terminal using https://github.com/steveMuema/shop4this.git link to your github account.
• Run the application locally on your terminal by

cd /path/to/shop4this then http://127.0.0.1:5000/ to run on your browser write python run.py to run the application

• Run tests locally by

nosetests tests/

Prerequisites

Install the following softwares for the application to run locally:

• Pipenv or virtualenvwrapper for setting up your environment variables.
  • pip install pipenv on your bash terminal to install.
  • run pipenv shell to activate the environment.
• Install Flask.
  • run pip install flask command to your terminal to install.
  • run FLASK_APP=run.py flask run to start the application.

Installing

Here is a procedure on how to get a development environment running:

• After installing pipenv, you can run the command pipenv shell to activate your environment.
• To run the application for development, run the command python run.py inside your path/to/shop4this directory.

Deployment

This application can be deployed to a live system by:

• pip install heroku on your bash terminal
• run the command heroku login to login to your account
• run heroku create command to create the live system
• Go to https://herokuapp.com to setup and deploy your application in the dashboard.
• Open app on your dash board after successful deployment.

Built With

• Maven-For designs of the wireframes.
• Flask-The web framework used.

Authors

• Steve Muema

Acknowledgments

• Andela Community for the support during the process of creating this application