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-A simple boilerplate application following the MVC pattern using Flask micro python framework.
-It basically here to be my base skeleton for new python web applications
-
-Demo : http://flask-mvc-salimane.herokuapp.com/
-
-Dependencies :
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-	git clone git://github.com/salimane/flask-mvc.git
-	cd flask-mvc
-    	if you have old version of project: pip uninstall -r requirements.txt
-	pip install -r requirements.txt
-
-To run:
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-    python runserver.py
-
-
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+# Hodor WebApp
+
+The web application for the Hodor Project
+
+## Quickstart
+* Clone the repo using `git clone https://git.amrita.edu/hodorsec/hodor-webapp`
+* Create a virtualenv and activate it.
+* After activating it, `pip install -r requirements.txt` to install dependencies.
+* `./runserver.py` to run the app.
+* Navigate to `http://127.0.0.1:8080` to watch it in action!
+
+