relocating environment yml to the project root, creating an import_modules test for every single dependency to ensure proper setup & versioning at all times. Creating a test, which creates the flask app. Updating gitignore slightly to remove egg-info files, which are created upon installing a library with pip

.gitignore

@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ FodyWeavers.xsd
 *.msm
 *.msp
 
-# Local change logs
+# Local change logs, egg-infos from package installation and local notebooks for development and interactive work
 change_log_metz.md
 src/notebooks_metz
-src/lib_brecal_utils/**.egg-info
+**.egg-info
 

environment.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: brecal
 
 channels:
   - conda-forge
+  - carta
   - anaconda
   - defaults
 
@@ -25,10 +26,24 @@ dependencies:
   - typing_extensions>=4.7.1=pyha770c72_0
   - typing_utils>=0.1.0=pyhd8ed1ab_0
   - conda-forge::pandas>=2.1.0=py311h320fe9a_0
-  - conda-forge::opencv>=4.7.0=py311h38be061_1
-
+  - conda-forge/noarch::flask>=2.3.3=pyhd8ed1ab_0
+  - conda-forge::mysql-connector-python>=8.0.31=py311h0cf059c_2
+  - conda-forge::marshmallow>=3.20.1=pyhd8ed1ab_0
+  - conda-forge::marshmallow-dataclass>=8.5.14=pyhd8ed1ab_0
+  - conda-forge::webargs>=8.3.0=pyhd8ed1ab_0
+  - conda-forge::bcrypt>=4.0.1=py311h46250e7_0
+  
+  - conda-forge::cached-property>=1.5.2=hd8ed1ab_1
+  - conda-forge::cached_property>=1.5.2=pyha770c72_1
+  - conda-forge::dsnparse>=0.2.1=pyhd8ed1ab_0
+  
   - pip:
   # pip packages and wheels
+    - pyjwt==2.7.0
+    - flask-jwt-extended
+    - pydapper[mysql-connector-python]
+    - coro-context-manager
     - -e /home/scope/brecal/src/lib_brecal_utils/.
+    - -e /home/scope/brecal/src/server/.
 
 prefix: /home/scope/anaconda3/envs/brecal

src/lib_brecal_utils/brecal_utils/__init__.py

@@ -1 +1,11 @@
 from ._version import __version__
+from brecal_utils.file_handling import get_project_root, ensure_path
+from brecal_utils.test_handling import execute_test_with_pytest, execute_coverage_test
+
+__all__ = [
+	"get_project_root", 
+	"ensure_path", 
+	"execute_test_with_pytest", 
+	"execute_coverage_test",
+]
+

src/lib_brecal_utils/tests/test_import_modules.py

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import pytest
+
+def test_import_colorama():
+    """
+    colorama is used for 'pretty print' options, such as colored printing. For example, this is used in pytest-cov to quickly
+    highlight passing and failing tests
+    """
+    import colorama
+    return
+
+def test_import_matplotlib():
+    """matplotlib is used for visualizations (e.g. images and graphs)"""
+    import matplotlib
+    return
+
+def test_import_matplotlib_pyplot():
+    """pyplot as a sub-library of matplotlib, which is used to plot images and graphs"""
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    return
+
+def test_import_tqdm_tqdm():
+    """tqdm is a neat utility library for simple display of progress in loops"""
+    from tqdm import tqdm
+    return
+
+def test_import_pandas():
+    """pandas is useful to handle dataframes and read from .csv or .json files, which can be collected into joint DataFrame objects"""
+    import pandas as pd
+    return
+
+def test_import_flask():
+    """flask is a WSGI framework for quick and easy design of web-based applications"""
+    import flask
+    from flask import Flask,  Blueprint, request
+    return
+
+def test_import_flask_specific_objects():
+    """common flask objects, such as the Flask api object, the Blueprint and requests"""
+    from flask import Flask,  Blueprint, request
+    return
+
+
+
+def test_import_mysql_connector():
+    """the 'mysql.connector' Object is used for the BreCal server database"""
+    import mysql.connector
+    return
+
+def test_import_pydapper():
+    """is a library that provides convenient methods for database related work"""
+    import pydapper
+    return
+
+def test_import_webargs():
+    """currently used in ~/brecal/src/server/BreCal/api/berths.py"""
+    import webargs
+    from webargs.flaskparser import parser
+    return
+
+def test_import_mashmallow():
+    """currently used in ~/brecal/src/server/BreCal/api/shipcalls.py"""
+    import marshmallow
+    from marshmallow import Schema, fields
+    return
+
+def test_import_flask_jwt_extended():
+    """currently used in ~/brecal/src/server/BreCal/api/login.py"""
+    import flask_jwt_extended
+    from flask_jwt_extended import create_access_token
+    return
+
+def test_import_pyjwt():
+    """currently used in ~/brecal/src/server/BreCal/services/jwt_handler.py"""
+    import jwt
+    return
+
+def test_import_bcrypt():
+    """currently used in ~/brecal/src/server/BreCal/impl/login.py"""
+    import bcrypt
+    return
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    test_import_colorama()
+    test_import_matplotlib()
+    test_import_matplotlib_pyplot()
+    test_import_tqdm_tqdm()
+    test_import_pandas()
+    test_import_flask()
+

src/server/tests/test_create_app.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import pytest
+
+def test_create_app():
+    """
+    
+    """
+    import os
+    import sys
+    from brecal_utils import get_project_root
+
+    project_root = get_project_root("brecal")
+    lib_location = os.path.join(project_root, "src", "server")
+    sys.path.append(lib_location)
+
+    from BreCal import create_app
+    os.chdir(project_root) # set the current directory to ~/brecal, so the config is found
+    application = create_app()
+    return
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    test_create_app()