Configuring the virtual enviroment

Pre steps

To set up the virtual enviroment of the projet its needed a base python interpreter (must be python 3.6). The download can be found on Python Interpreter. To set up the python interpreter on your machine see Python SetUp

After the Python interpreter is correctly installed on your machine, you must open the terminal and or the prompt to set up the virtual enviroment. Verify if you have the 'pip' installed typing on the terminal

pip --version

If installed, the current version of pip was shown and you can proceed with the enviroment configuration, if not you can download and install pip throught this link Pip Installation

Installing virtual enviroment

With all the pre steps finished, you can continue with the installation of the virtual enviroment

On the terminal type

pip install pipenv

• The command will install the pipenv library to manage the virtual enviroments on your machine

Going to the project folder you must type

pipenv install

• It will install all the required dependencies in the project

PyCharm

If the virtual enviroment was not already set by the IDE, you must configure it to run the project.

1. Opening the IDE you can use the shortcut ctrl + alt + s to open the project settings
2. Once popped up on the screen, open the Project: Desastres tab
3. Select Project Interpreter
4. On the left side of the path to the current virtual enviroment or the '' field, click on the engine and Add...
5. Select the Existing enviroment radio button
6. On the left side of "" or the old path of the enviroment, select the ... button and chose the path to the interpreter

Tip: The interpreter probably is inside the .virtualenvs folder created on your user profile