Try it out here: https://escapeling-lobby.herokuapp.com/

Run client

Do once:

You need to specifically install npm with the version: v14.17.6

Download from here (scroll down a bit to the downloads):

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v14.17.6/

cd client
npm install

cd client
npm run start

Setup & run server

Set up a python conda environment with the required packages:

conda create -n lobby python=3.8.

Or manually install the packages with conda install some-package:

conda install flask
conda install flask_socketio
conda install colorama

run server

run server as python file

python .\server\server.py

or alterantively run as flask application

Set environmental variables:

Unfortunately, the next few steps have to be done for every new conda session, because conda doesn't preserve the environmental variables.

On Windows with powershell, set a FLASK_APP variable to the location where server.py is located. Also set a FLASK_ENV variable to development:

$env:FLASK_APP =".\server\server.py"
$env:FLASK_ENV="development"

On Windows with cmd:

set FLASK_APP=.\server\server.py
set FLASK_ENV=development

On Linux/Mac with shell:

export FLASK_APP=.\server\server.py
export FLASK_ENV=development

You can check with powershell if the environment variables have been set correctly (powershell): gci env:* | sort-object name

Deployment Notes

Config Vars https://dashboard.heroku.com/apps/escapeling-lobby/settings

FLASK_APP server\server.py SECRET_KEY not gonna tell you