Created and installed Virtual environment

.gitignore

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ ipython_config.py
 #   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
 # .python-version
 
+
 # pipenv
 #   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
 #   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies

DEPENDENCIES.txt

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 blinker==1.7.0
 click==8.1.7
 dnspython==2.4.2
+filelock==3.13.1
 Flask==3.0.0
 Flask-PyMongo==2.3.0
 itsdangerous==2.1.2
 Jinja2==3.1.2
 MarkupSafe==2.1.3
+platformdirs==4.1.0
 pymongo==4.6.1
+virtualenv==20.25.0
 Werkzeug==3.0.1

README.md

@@ -54,7 +54,29 @@ git clone [email protected]:vantage-ola/track-now.git
 git checkout -b <your branch name>
 ```
 
-3. To access the mongo db database to run the flask api , create a local environment `/backend/.env` and copy the variables.(READ_ACCESS_ONLY)
+
+3. Create and activate virtualenvironment.
+``` shell
+virtualenv venv
+```
+* On Windows:
+``` shell
+.\venv\Scripts\activate
+```
+
+* On Mac and Linux:
+```
+source venv/bin/activate
+```
+
+4. Install dependencies:
+```shell
+pip3 install DEPENDENCIES.txt
+```
+
+
+
+5. To access the mongo db database to run the flask api , create a local environment `/backend/.env` and copy the variables.(READ_ACCESS_ONLY)
 
 ```shell
 MONGO_USERNAME=github_track_now