Dental Appointment USSD Application

This is a starter project for Part 4 of Build Your Own USSD App with Open-Source Power, a tutorial series for building USSD applications. The dental_ussd project provides a foundation for creating a USSD-based application for dental services using Python.

Before proceeding, ensure you have the latest version of python installed, this starter has been set up with python 3.12.3 For virtual environment, I am using venv.

To install venv

Linux

sudo apt update
sudo apt instal python3-venv

On Windows venv is included with Python 3.3+ by default, so no separate installation is needed. Verify Python is installed:

python --version

Setup Instructions

1. Clone Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/jayskar/dental_ussd.git

2. Navigate to the Project Directory (dental_ussd).

   cd dental_ussd

3. Create a Virtual Environment: Use Python's built-in venv module to create a virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv venv

4. Activate the Virtual environment
   • On Linux

     source venv/bin/activate

   • On Windows

     venv\Scripts\activate

5. Install Dependencies: Install the required Python packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt