Library

Web based library application.

Getting Started

Please make sure to do all of this before you run the code

Prerequisites

• Python

• Flask

• werkzeug

• Flask-Session

• mysql-connector-python

• Local MySQL Database

Installing

Use the package manager pip to install the packages.

Installing Flask

Mac

Type all of this in the terminal

$ pip3 install virtualen
$ mkdir library
$ cd library
$ virtualenv venv --system-site-packages
$ source venv/bin/activate
(venv) $ pip3 install Flask

Windows

$ pip3 install virtualenv
$ mkdir library
$ cd library
$ py -3 -m venv venv
$ venv\Scripts\activate
(venv) $ pip3 install flask

Installing Werkzeug

pip install Werkzeug

Installing Flask-Sessions

pip install Flask-Session

Installing MySQL Connector

pip install mysql-connector-python

Installing MySQL

Download MySQL and go through the setup process, and make sure to keep note of your host, username and password.

After installing MySQL, go to db_config.py and enter your host, username and password in the "init" function.

Note: You will have to create a database named 'library'

CREATE DATABASE library;

Running

Mac

Type all of this in the terminal

$ export FLASK_APP=app.py
$ flask run

Windows

$ flask run

Visit http://127.0.0.1:5000 to see the app running

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Built with

• Python - Programming Language used

• Flask - The Web Framework used

• MySQL - Database Management System used.

• JavaScript - Programming Language used (Front-End)

• HTML - Markup Language used

• CSS - Style Sheet Language used here.

Authors

• Hrishikesh Mulkutkar

• Adithya Neelakantan