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Setting up your virtual environment
Set up environment variables
Running the app

Note: Development currently limited to those who have access to our Heroku account.

1. Install the virtualenv package by running pip install virtualenv.
2. Create a folder called virtualenv at the same level as the root folder of the cloned Problematica repo.
3. cd into the new folder and create a virtualenv called problematica by running the command: virtualenv problematica
4. Go back into the root of our repo and run the script that I wrote for enabling the virtualenv by running the following command: source scripts/start-venv.sh
5. Verify that you are in the correct venv by running: pip -V. It should show the project folder, not a global disk folder.
6. Make sure your new virtualenv has the packages listed in requirements.txt by running pip install -r requirements.txt
7. You should be all set to run the project locally!

1. Create a new file named .env containing all the sensitive data that will be needed, in the following format:

ROOT_URL='https://problematica.herokuapp.com/'
DATABASE_URL='value'
ADMIN_PW=value
STRIPE_API_KEY=value
STRIPE_CHECKOUT_KEY=value

replacing the value text by the actual keys and passwords that are being used.

For current developers with access to Heroku, run the command heroku local web
The app should now be running on http://localhost:5000/