UW Marketplace

UW Marketplace is a peer-to-peer student marketplace for the University of Wisconsin-Madison community. This repository contains the backend server and frontend app, built with Serverpod and Flutter.

Deployment Instructions

Prerequisites

• Flutter SDK
• Dart SDK (comes with Flutter)
• Serverpod CLI
• Docker

Setup Steps

1. Install Flutter SDK:
   Follow the official guide: Flutter - Get Started

2. Install Serverpod CLI:

dart pub global activate serverpod_cli

3. Clone this repository:

git clone <repo-url>
cd madhacks

4. Start the backend server:

Go into the server directory:

cd madhacks_server

Start the Docker container:

docker compose up -d

Start the server and apply migrations:

dart run bin/main.dart --apply-migrations

5. Run the frontend app:

Change to the app directory:

cd ../madhacks_flutter

Run the app (currently only web is verified to work):

flutter run -d chrome

Notes

• Make sure Docker is running before starting the server.
• The web frontend is the primary supported platform at this time.
• Configuration files for different environments are in madhacks_server/config/.