Docassemble is an open-source tool for creating interviews and answering questions. In this tutorial, we will cover how to install Docassemble on Windows 10.
Before we can start the installation process, we need to make sure that we have the following prerequisites installed on our system:
Once we have verified that the prerequisites listed above are installed on our system, we can proceed with the installation of Docassemble on our Windows 10 machine:
Step 1: Open a command prompt as an administrator.
Step 2: Install the Docassemble package by running the following command:
pip install docassemble
This will install Docassemble and all its dependencies.
Step 3: Next, we need to create a Docassemble configuration file. To do this, navigate to the directory where you want to store your Docassemble project, and run the following command:
docassemble-create-config
This will create a new configuration file called config.yml in the current directory.
Step 4: Create a new virtual environment for Docassemble. To do this, we can use the venv module that comes with Python. Run the following command:
python -m venv env
This will create a new virtual environment called env in the current directory.
Step 5: Activate the virtual environment by running the following command:
env\Scripts\activate
You should see the name of the virtual environment appear in your command prompt, indicating that the virtual environment is now active.
Step 6: Install the Node.js packages required by Docassemble by running the following command:
pip install "docassemble[all]"
This will install all the Node.js packages that are needed to run Docassemble.
Step 7: Finally, we can start the Docassemble server by running the following command:
docassemble my_project
Replace my_project with the name of the directory where you created your Docassemble project in Step 3.
Step 8: Once Docassemble is running, you can access it in your web browser by visiting http://localhost:5000/. You should see the Docassemble homepage, where you can start creating your first interview.
In this tutorial, we have covered the steps required to install Docassemble on a Windows 10 machine. With Docassemble installed, you can start creating interviews and answering questions right away. Good luck!
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