AlexandruBurlacu / bv-recommendation-engine

Recommendation service

Service is responsible for fetching data from Database Service and making recommendations of books based on selected criteria and emotional similarity of books.

More documentation to be added

Installation

Initially, you need python 3.5.x or higher and virtualenv to be installed on your machine.

    # to keep the namespace clean
    virtualenv -p python3 .venv

    # to install dependencies
    pip install -r requirements.txt

    # enter the virtual environment
    source .venv/bin/activate

Testing

Currently, for testing purposes are used doctests, eventually unit tests may be added. To run tests type ./runtests in the terminal.

Style Guide

Full PEP8 here compliance. You may use PyLint. 1 tab must be 4 spaces wide. Don't use tab character. Configure your editor accordingly. Docstrings must follow NumPy/SciPy style here.