no-developer.md

No-developer guidelines

This guidelines is for users who want to use the app without the need to run the code.

Download the app

You can download the app from the releases page.

Install Python

If you don't have Python installed, you can download it from the official website. Or you can install it from the Microsoft Store. Please see the video below to see how to install it from the Microsoft Store.

Run the app

You can run the app by clicking on the STLViewer.bat file.

The steps that will happen behind the scenes are:

1. Check if Python is installed on your system.
2. Create a virtual environment to isolate the app's dependencies.
3. Activate the virtual environment.
4. Install the required dependencies from the requirements.txt file.
5. Run the main application (main.py).
6. After the application closes, deactivate the virtual environment.

These steps ensure that the app runs in a controlled environment with the correct dependencies, without affecting your system-wide Python installation.