To get the skeleton running, open a terminal and do the following:
1. enter the skeleton folder 'cd <path/to/repository>'
2. install all necessary packages 'pip install -r requirements.txt' (or use pip3)
3. export flask (Mac, Linux)'export FLASK_APP=app.py', (Windows)'set FLASK_APP=app.py'
4. run schema.sql using MySQL Workbench
5. open app.py using your favorite editor, change 'cs460' in 'app.config['MYSQL_DATABASE_PASSWORD'] = 'cs460'' to your MySQL root password. You need to keep the quotations around your root password
6. back to the terminal, run the app 'python -m flask run' (or use python3)
7. open your browser, and open the local website 'localhost:5000'