Installation and Basic Setup

• Download an IDE, preferably Visual Studios Code.
• Languages to be installed: Python and Javascript (React.js): https://www.python.org/downloads/ and https://www.javascript.com/

Plaid API setup

• To familiarize yourself with the platform, otherwise everything technical is set up in the project already : https://plaid.com/docs/quickstart/

Cloning Github Repository

Create a new workspace. Clone repository through cmd: git clone https://github.com/surabhigupta2029/SimpliFi

Setup libraries & dependencies

Dependencies are 3rd party packages which are needed because different components of the project depend on them. These can be seen in the file named package.json To set this up locally, run npm install in the source directory

Running Project

Frontend:

• cd simplifi
• npm run start

Backend:

• cd backend
• flask run

The website will load on localhost:3000/