Merge pull request #63 from deepraj21/main

added setup batch file to automate the local installation

Author: deepraj21

README.md

@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ Enter into the root directory.
 ```bash
 cd devhub
 ```
+You can use `setup.bat` to automate the installation and running process of the webapp. (make sure to make `.env` in server and populate it with the data)
+
+```bash
+./setup.bat
+```
+### Manual Installation
+
 Open two terminal for server and client and enter into the directories.
 ```bash
 ## 1st terminal for server

server/.env.example

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# this is an example .env content. make sure to make a .env and populate it with your original data
+
+GOOGLE_API_KEY=
+SECRET_KEY=
+NEO4J_URI=
+NEO4J_USER=
+NEO4J_PASSWORD=
+MONGODB_URI=

setup.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+@echo off
+
+REM Check and setup backend virtual environment if not exists
+IF NOT EXIST server\venv (
+    echo Setting up backend virtual environment...
+    python -m venv server\venv
+)
+call server\venv\Scripts\activate
+
+REM Install backend dependencies
+pip install -r server\requirements.txt
+if %errorlevel% neq 0 exit /b %errorlevel%
+
+REM Start backend
+start cmd /k "cd server && flask run"
+
+REM Check and setup frontend node modules if not exists
+IF NOT EXIST client\node_modules (
+    echo Setting up frontend node modules...
+    pushd client
+    npm install --force
+    if %errorlevel% neq 0 popd & exit /b %errorlevel%
+    popd
+)
+
+REM Start frontend
+start cmd /k "cd client && npm run dev"