Suburb Services

Suburb Services is a modern professional services platform where users and professionals can foster an environment of moderated and industry-grade professional work, ranging from house help to advanced technical assistance. It is my sophomore year project for Modern Application Development-1 at IIT Madras. Built entirely with Flask and Jinja2.

Prerequisites

• Python (latest version)
• Flask
• SQLAlchemy

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/dotcomaki/household_services.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd household_services

3. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

   python3 -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate

4. Install required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Database Setup

1. Configure the database connection in your environment variables.

2. Initialize the database:

   python create_db.py

3. Seed the database:

   python seed.py

Running the Application

1. Initialize Python Virtualenv

   source venv/bin/activate

2. Start the Flask development server:

   flask run

Access the application at http://localhost:5000.