npm install
npm run serve

Go to http://localhost:8080/

pip install -r requirements.txt
cd api
python app.py

Go to http://localhost:5000/

To speed up the backend we currently have file system caching implemented. This makes sure that anything already computed is retrieved from the cache folder and not computed again

• results will be cached forever in the filesystem unless cleared
• to clear the cache run python clear_cache.py in the api folder
• to clear the cache on the server see these instructions

• Run npm run build
• If you added any Python dependencies for the api run pip freeze > requirements.txt from the root of the project
• Commit and push your changes (including the dist folder and requirements.txt)
• Submit a pull request to the main brain
• To make changes live at https://interactiveart.web.illinois.edu those with cPanel access need to follow these steps

• When running the frontend locally, requests are automatically proxied to the backend running locally (see above)
• Once deployed, the frontend automatically makes requests to https://backend.interactiveart.web.illinois.edu as specified in the .env file