Tech Week 2024 Base Version - Web Application

Slides link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YcWyoGd5nbPc7CjwYfzuHfpE24dzsBE0sF-fc27WybE/edit?usp=sharing

Information

Packages used:

1. Flask ( Web framework in Python )
2. Flask-PyMongo ( Extension to simplifies using MongoDB )
3. Pymongo

• Core library for interacting with MongoDB databases
• Execute queries,insert/update/delete documents
• Handle more complex MongoDB operations

Steps to setup

• Ensure Python and selected code interpreter installed, in this case VSCode
• Install MongoDB
• Create a virtual environment using "python -m venv myenv" and connect to the venv Python interpreter
• Install the below packages using "pip install -r requirements.txt", or manually install each:
  • Install flask
  • Install flask-pymongo
• Create connection and connect MongoDB database through VSCode's extension (or other method of connection, e.g. MongoDBCompass)
• Run "python app.py"