CL-Rides-App

Guide for setting up and running the CL Rides App locally.

Create & Configure the Virtual Environment

1. Create the virtual environment
   • python3 -m venv venv
2. Activate your virtual environment
   • source venv/bin/activate
     Or for Windows
   • cd venv\Scripts
   • .\activate.bat
3. Install the dependencies
   • pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the Application Locally

1. (Optional but recommended) Set the FLASK_ENV environment variable
   • export FLASK_ENV=development
   • This setting enables automatic reloads so you don't have to restart the server each time you make changes, just refresh the page.
2. Run the application
   • flask run
     Or for Windows
   • cd C:User\filepath\CL-Rides-Pog
   • set FLASK_ENV=development
   • set FLASK_APP=app
   • python -m flask run