• Introduction.
• Installation.
• Usage examples.
• API Documentation.
• Contributing.
• Related Projects.
• features.
• Authors.
• License.

Art & Culture is a social app that showcases African artists and our culture. It is a platform where artists can share their work and get feedback from other users. Users can also follow their favorite artists and get updates on their latest work. The app also has a feature that allows users to discover new artists and art forms. The app is built using Flask, a Python web framework, and MySQL, a relational database management system. The front end is built using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery. The deployed website is on artandculture. The project has a dedicated Blog at Art & Culture Blog.

To install the app, you need to have the following installed on your machine:

• Python 3.8.5 or later.
• MySQL 5.7 or later.
• python libraries (install through pip):
  • Flask
  • Flask-cors
  • Flasgger
  • sqlalchemy

To install the app, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository to your local machine.
2. Run cat setup_mysql_dev.sql | mysql -uroot -p to create the database and tables.
3. Run the following to command to start the development server:

python3 -m api.v1.app # start the api server NOTE: This will start the api server on port 5004

In another terminal, run the following command to start the frontend server:

python3 -m frontend.app # start the frontend server NOTE: This will start the frontend server on port 5006

To use the app, open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:5006. You will be redirected to the landing page where you can sign up or log in if you already have an account. Once you are logged in, you can view the latest posts from artists you follow, discover new artists, view your profile, and create new posts.

The API documentation is available at http://localhost:5004/apidocs. You can use the API documentation to learn how to interact with the API and make requests to the server.

To contribute to the project, follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix.
3. Make your changes and commit them to your branch.
4. Push your changes to your fork.
5. Create a pull request to the main repository.

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The app has the following features:

• User authentication: Users can sign up and log in to the app.
• Follow artists: Users can follow their favorite artists and get updates on their latest work.
• Discover new artists: Users can discover new artists and art forms.
• Create posts: Users can create new posts and share their work with other users.
• View profile: Users can view their profile and update their information.

Mohammed Mubarak / Github / Twitter

Mbali Ramakgasha / Github / Twitter

This project is licensed under GNU-GPL v3.