Transaction tracker

Group exam project for the DAT320 Web Programming course

Grade: A

Project Setup Guide

Open a New Terminal: Open a new terminal window or tab.
Navigate to the Backend Directory: Change to the backend directory from the root of the project.
```
cd backend
```
Create a Virtual Environment: Create a Python virtual environment in the current directory.
```
python -m venv .venv
```
Activate the Virtual Environment:
- On Windows:
```
.venv\Scripts\activate
```
- On macOS/Linux:
```
source .venv/bin/activate
```
Install Required Packages: Install all dependencies listed in requirements.txt.
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Set Environment Variable: Set the Flask environment variable to production.
- On Windows:
```
$env:FLASK_ENV="production"
```
- On macOS/Linux:
```
export FLASK_ENV=production
```
Start flask server: Run the flask server to serve static files
```
flask run
```

Open a New Terminal: Open a new terminal window or tab.
Navigate to the Frontend Directory: Change to the frontend directory from the root of the project.
```
cd frontend
```
Install Dependencies: Install all required dependencies using npm.
```
npm install
```
Start the Development Server: Launch the frontend development server.
```
npm run dev
```

Open a New Terminal: Open a separate terminal window or tab for the backend setup.
Navigate to the Backend Directory: Change to the backend directory from the root of the project.
```
cd backend
```
Create a Virtual Environment: Create a Python virtual environment in the current directory.
```
python -m venv .venv
```
Activate the Virtual Environment:
- On Windows:
```
.venv\Scripts\activate
```
- On macOS/Linux:
```
source .venv/bin/activate
```
Install Required Packages: Install all dependencies listed in requirements.txt.
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Set Environment Variable: Set the Flask environment variable to development
- On Windows:
```
$env:FLASK_ENV="development"
```
- On macOS/Linux:
```
export FLASK_ENV=development
```
Start the Backend Server: Run the backend server with debug mode enabled. This command starts the Flask server.
```
flask run --debug
```