pts-ce-control 0.0.18
Controls the PTS Cell Emulator
License: MIT

# PTS CE Control Application
## Installation
The following instruction will enable the user to properly close the repository and branch out to make their changes

### Clone repository
```
cd <path-to-directory>
git clone git@gitlab.com:pass-testing-solutions/cell-emulator-control-app.git
cd cell-emulator-control-app/
git pull origin master
git checkout -b <your-new-branch>  # Please follow the branch naming convention as mentioned in the coding guidelines

```
### Virtual environment on MacOS

#### 1. Virtualenvwrapper
You can install virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper with:
```
pip3 install virtualenv
pip3 install virtualenvwrapper
mkdir ~/.virtualenvs
# Might need to query where the virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper.sh are
which virtualenv
which virtualenvwrapper.sh
which python3
```
Add these lines in the ~/.zshrc file 
````
# Setting PATH for Python 3 installed by brew
export PATH=<path-to-your-python3>:$PATH

# Configuration for virtualenv
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=<path-to-your-python3>
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_VIRTUALENV=<path-to-your-virtualenv>
source <path-to-your-virtualenvwrapper.sh>

source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
````
Make sure to save these changes in your file and close your terminal for them to take effect.
Doing the previous few steps in the installation of the Virtualenvwrapper only needs to be done once.
After a Virtualenv and Virtualenvwrapper are set up, all you need to do to create a new virtual environment for a new
project is to follow the following steps:

You can create a virtual environment by simply typing -
```
mkvirtualenv <name-of-your-virtual-env>
cd <your-git-repository>
workon <name-of-your-virtual-env>
deactivate <name-of-your-virtual-env>    # to deactivate the venv
```
To add the correct interpreter for your repository on PyCharm:
```
- PyCharm IDE > Preferences > Project > Python Interpreter
- Select the 'Add' button for interpreters
- Choose the 'Existing environments' in 'Virtualenv'
- Add the python3 file from /bin/ of your venv folder
E.g. - .virtualenvs/demo_repo_venv/bin/python3
```
After setting up the venv for the repo please install all the 
requirements and allow some time for the IDE to do indexing. If your repository has a requirements.txt: 
```
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
```

***
#### 2. Pipenv

Install pipenv
```
pip3 install pipenv 
# or
brew install pipenv

pipenv shell         # will create a virtualenv for the project
pipenv install       # will install dependencies for the repo from the Pipfile and Pipfile.lock

# Install any further packages in this environment as

pipenv install rich  # rich is a python library to nicely print on terminal
```
Your pipenv environment will be in the ~./virtualenvs folder.
Make sure to add the interpreter on your IDE if not automatically added by navigating to the virtualenv folder for your repo and selecting the correct python3 file from /bin/.

***

If your repository contains a Pipfile instead of a requirements.txt, the installation instructions will activate the pip virtual environment shell and install all the dependencies.
```
cd cell-emulator-control-app
pipenv shell
pipenv install
```

### Install the library after creating the distribution with:

```
pip install pts-ce-control
OR
pip install -e .
```
### Run

Start with
```
 pts-ce-control
```
Go to your Web browser under localhost:8050 to open the Web frontend