The list of operations to do in order to start the web service is enumerated below:
- Make sure that a MySQL server is running on localhost
- Create a user named "wnow" with password "2020"
- Create a new database named "wnow"
- In a new terminal, open the directory "wnow_site"
- Type "php artisan migrate"; this command will set up the database
- In a new terminal, open the directory "app"
- Run the script "recommender_engine.py"
- In a new terminal, open the directory "wnow_site"
- Type "php artisan serve"
- Open the browser and type "localhost:8000"