Setting up Project Backend
Explore setting up a complete back-end development environment by installing Python 3.9 or higher, creating virtual environments, initializing Git repositories, and installing Flask and Flask-Login. Understand how to structure project folders and manage dependencies for efficient backend development.
We’ll start this project with a clean slate and walk through each step to set up the development environment. The following are some of the project requirements that must be met:
- Python 3.9.0 or higher should be installed.
- Node.js server (npm) should be installed.
This is already available on the Educative platform.
Initial setup
We’ll start by creating the main bookapp/ project folder. Then, we’ll jump right into the bookapp/ folder and initialize a Git repository from a command prompt using the following commands.
Create a directory:
mkdir bookapp
Change into the directory:
cd bookapp
Initialize git:
git init