# Project 1 Flask Kiosk Setup Guide

This guide will walk you through setting up the basic structure for the Project 1 Flask Kiosk application, focusing on the initial setup excluding Flask-WTF and SQLAlchemy.

## Project Structure

Organize your project directory as follows:

```plaintext
FarmersMarketApp/
├── app/
│   ├── static/
│   │   ├── css/
│   │   │   └── styles.css
│   │   ├── js/
│   │   │   └── script.js
│   │   └── images/
│   │       └── [product images]
│   ├── templates/
│   │   ├── layout.html
│   │   ├── index.html
│   │   ├── product.html
│   │   └── order_confirmation.html
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── routes.py
├── venv/
├── requirements.txt
└── run.py

Setting Up Virtual Environment and Flask

1. Create and Activate Virtual Environment

Open your command prompt and navigate to your project directory:

cd path\to\FarmersMarketApp

Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment:

venv\Scripts\activate

2. Install Flask and Flask-MySQLdb

Install Flask:

pip install flask

Install Flask-MySQLdb for database interaction:

pip install flask-mysqldb

3. Create requirements.txt

Generate a requirements.txt file:

pip freeze > requirements.txt

Next Steps

With your environment set up, you're ready to start developing the homepage for your application using Flask. Structure your Flask application with the given directory layout for efficient project management.