lukew3 / ideaspot

A website where users can save and share their ideas.

Ideaspot server

Development

Setup

1. Install MongoDB on your computer
2. Clone the repo
3. Install python requirements by using pip install -r requirements.txt. It is recomended that you create a virtual environment with python -m venv venv to prevent installing packages outside of this project.
4. Install the frontend requrements by running npm install inside of the frontend directory
5. (Optional) If you want to enable searching text, install mongosh and run these commands:

mongosh
use ideaspot
db.idea.createIndex({title:"text",description:"text"})

Starting the app

If you are on linux/mac and followed the setup instructions correctly, you call the start script with ./start to start the server. If not follow the instructions below.

1. Inside of the main directory, run python app.py. Make sure you are in your virtualenv if you used one
2. Inside of the frontend directory, run npm start. You can now interact with the site at localhost:3000