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+# Server
+
+1. To run server, install virtualenv first https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/ and create a new virtual environment to load all necessary python packages
+
+2. Go to server folder and install all necessary packages using command "pip install -r requirements.txt"
+
+3. Set environment variables FLASK_ENV=dev and FLASK_APP=webserver.py
+
+4. Create a db for storing all the info using commands  i) flask db init ii) flask db migrate iii) flask db upgrade
+
+5. Run the server using python webserver.py
+
+
+# Client
+
+1. To run client, go to client folder and do npm install
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+2. Now run "npm start" and this should start the client