A web application where users can journal and take care of a virtual pet at the same time. This app was created to encourage journaling with some sense of responsibility. Inspired by Tamagotchi. I've always wanted an application where you could journal more while growing alongside another pet. It wasn't until now, that I had the necessary skills in order to create such a dream.

1. Clone the repository

   https://github.com/James-H007/Journa-Gami.git
   

2. Install dependencies

   npm install
   pipenv install -r requirements.txt

3. Create a .env file based on the example with proper settings for your development environment

   Should look like this:

   SECRET_KEY= notSecret
   DATABASE_URL=sqlite:https:///dev.db
   SCHEMA=journa_schema

4. Make sure the SQLite3 database connection URL is in the .env file

5. This starter organizes all tables inside the flask_schema schema, defined by the SCHEMA environment variable. Replace the value for SCHEMA with a unique name, making sure you use the snake_case convention.

6. Get into your pipenv, migrate your database, seed your database, and run your Flask app

   pipenv shell

   flask db upgrade

   flask seed all

   flask run

7. To run the React App in development, first enter the following code below in the terminal to start the back-end:

   pipenv run flask run
   

8. Then run the front-end in a seperate split terminal, enter:

   npm start
   

9. Then navigate to https://localhost:3000