ev-infrastructure-tool

This web-based Electric Vehicle Infrastructure tool provides the ability to estimate the requirements for charging infrastructure and the related electrical demands.

Directories

• client: React frontend
• server: Express, Python backend

Setup/Installation

Install Node.js 20 and Python 3.10 or higher.

In the server/python-backend/scripts directory, you need the following yaml configuration file “config.yaml” to save the Google Maps API key and URL:

google:
 api_key: [API Key]
 url: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json?units=imperial&origins={}&destinations={}'

Available Scripts

NOTE: Scripts are directory dependent. Certain scripts will not work in other directories and are reliant on the package.json file in the directory you are in.

npm start

Client Directory: Runs the client in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in your browser.

Server Directory: Runs the server in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:8080 to view it in your browser.

npm install

Installs all packages listed in the package.json file in the directory you are in. Make sure to install for the home, client, and server directories.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Installs all required dependencies to run the Python scripts. Make sure to run in the server/python-backend directory.

npm run format

Formats all code using Prettier. Run this in the home directory to format all files.
In VS Code, you can install the plugin Prettier - Code formatter to format code automatically when saving a file.