Please install your python packages in a virtual environemnt. This will protect our development from meddling with other projects. Especially useful if you are developing for other classes or something. To do this, investigate this link: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html
run pip install . in the main directory
You will need to install and run a local postgresql server in order to develop on your own machine.
You will need to export these environment variables in order for the application to run correctly. You can do this by including a .env file in the root directory of the project, or by manualy exporting them, or by writing an .sh file to export them for you on startup.
To manually export them, run this command in your environment
export <env var key>=<env var value>
for example:
export FLASK_ENV='develop'
DATABASE_URL- either your local or the online database url. Example:DATABASE_URL='postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/data_warehouse'FLASK_APP- The app name. Set this todatawarehouse
FLASK_DEBUG- This tells flask to either run the app in production mode or developer mode. You probably want developer mode. Either0for off, or1for on.
after completing the setup process, use command flask run in the console to run.