Flask + React App Starter

Based on a Glitch.com experiment.

Setup Instructions

1. If missing, install Python 3 directly or via PyEnv. Make sure you have venv and pip3 available.
2. If missing, install node.js.
3. Run python3 -m venv ./.venv (set up a local virtual environment of Python).
4. Run source ./.venv/bin/activate (enable the local virtual environment of Python).
5. Run pip install -r ./requirements.txt to set up initial Python dependencies
6. Run npm install to set up initial JavaScript dependencies.
7. Run npm run build and then npm run serve to test the server.
8. For development with live reloading, run (from two different terminals):
   1. npm start - to run frontend server using Vite
   2. npm run server - to run backend server

Development Notes

• When developing with the Vite dev server (npm start), make sure to add new backend routes to the vite.config.js proxy configuration.