simplified-inventory-management-assistant

A web app for managing inventory

Project Setup

Needed software

• Python 3.8.5
• npm
• VSCode
• Draw.io Integration :VSCode Extension

Install node modules

npm install

Install pipenv on your system

pip install pipenv

Install packages (including dev)

cd sima_web_api
pipenv install --dev

Run this instruction to install the packages (including dev packages) associated with the project

Install all packages (no dev packages)

cd sima_web_api
pipenv install

Run this to install all the packages without the dev packages

Create a MySQL database instance

CREATE DATABASE database_name;

Add environment variables in the root of the project folder

touch .flaskenv .env

Add these lines to the .flaskenv file

FLASK_APP=run.py
FLASK_ENV=development
FLASK_RUN_PORT=9000

Add these lines to the .env file. Replace username, password and database_name with their respective values

MYSQL_USERNAME = username
MYSQL_PASSWORD = password
MYSQL_SERVER = localhost
MYSQL_DATABASE_NAME = database_name
SECRET_KEY=generated_key

SECRET_KEY can be generated using

import secrets
secrets.token_hex(32)

Perform database migrations

cd sima_web_api/
flask db init
flask db stamp head
flask db migrate
flask db upgrade

Start the api

npm run api

Start the react web app

npm run start