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+# Development
+
+To get started developing:
+
+1. Clone the repository
+2. Install the React dependencies and create a `.env.local` file
+3. Install the FastAPI dependencies
+4. Start the Redis and DynamoDB databases
+5. Initialize the test databases
+6. Serve the FastAPI application
+7. Serve the React frontend
+
+## Database
+
+### DynamoDB
+
+When developing locally, use the `amazon/dynamodb-local` Docker image to run a local instance of DynamoDB:
+
+```bash
+docker pull amazon/dynamodb-local # If you haven't already
+docker run --name store-db -d -p 8000:8000 amazon/dynamodb-local # Start the container in the background
+```
+
+Then, if you need to kill the database, you can run:
+
+```bash
+docker kill store-db || true
+docker rm store-db || true
+```
+
+Initialize the test databases by running the creation script:
+
+```bash
+python -m store.app.db create
+```
+
+#### Admin Panel
+
+DynamoDB Admin is a GUI that allows you to visually see your tables and their entries. To install, run
+
+```bash
+npm i -g dynamodb-admin
+```
+
+To run, **source the same environment variables that you use for FastAPI** and then run
+
+```bash
+dynamodb-admin
+```
+
+### Redis
+
+For Redis, use the `redis` Docker image:
+
+```bash
+docker pull redis # If you haven't already
+docker run --name store-redis -d -p 6379:6379 redis # Start the container in the background
+```
+
+Then, if you need to kill the database, you can run:
+
+```bash
+docker kill store-redis || true
+docker rm store-redis || true
+```
+
+## FastAPI
+
+Create a Python virtual environment using either [uv](https://astral.sh/blog/uv) or [virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/) with at least Python 3.11. This should look something like this:
+
+```bash
+uv venv .venv --python 3.11 # If using uv
+python -m venv .venv # Using vanilla virtualenv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+```
+
+Install the project:
+
+```bash
+uv pip install -e '.[dev]' # If using uv
+pip install -e '.[dev]' # Using vanilla pip
+```
+
+Serve the FastAPI application in development mode:
+
+```bash
+fastapi dev 'store/app/main.py' --port 8080 # On port 8080 to avoid conflicts with Docker
+```
+
+### Configuration
+
+Settings for the app backend live in the `store/settings/` directory. You can use the following environment variables:
+
+- `ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT_SECRETS` should be the path to a local `.env` file containing any environment secrets
+- `ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT` is the stem of one of the config files in the `store/settings/configs/` directory. When developing locally this should usually just be `local`
+
+To locally develop, setting the following environment variables will work (presuming you have set everything else up):
+
+```
+export ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT=local
+export ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT_SECRETS=.env
+export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION='us-east-1'
+export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=test
+export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=test
+export REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080
+```
+
+## React
+
+To install the React dependencies, use [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) and [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
+
+```bash
+cd frontend
+nvm use 20.10.0
+npm install
+```
+
+To serve the React frontend in development mode:
+
+```bash
+npm start
+```
+
+To build the React frontend for production:
+
+```bash
+npm run build
+```
+
+To run code formatting:
+
+```bash
+npm run format
+```
+
+### Environment Variables
+
+You will need to set `REACT_APP_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID`. To do this, first create a Google client id (see [this LogRocket post](https://blog.logrocket.com/guide-adding-google-login-react-app/)). Then create a `.env.local` file in the `frontend` directory and add the following line:
+
+```
+REACT_APP_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id
+```
+
+Additionally, you should set `REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL` to the URL of the FastAPI backend. This should be `http://127.0.0.1:8080` when developing locally.
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-# store
+
+
+
-This is the code for our online store. This is a simple store for buying and selling humanoid robots.
+
-## Development
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green)](https://github.com/kscalelabs/ksim/blob/main/LICENSE)
+[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/1224056091017478166)](https://discord.gg/k5mSvCkYQh)
+[![Wiki](https://img.shields.io/badge/wiki-humanoids-black)](https://humanoids.wiki)
+
+[![python](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Python_3.11-blue?logo=python&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit)
+[![black](https://img.shields.io/badge/Code%20Style-Black-black.svg?labelColor=gray)](https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)
+[![ruff](https://img.shields.io/badge/Linter-Ruff-red.svg?labelColor=gray)](https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff)
+
+[![CI Checks (Linting and Tests)](https://github.com/kscalelabs/store/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/kscalelabs/store/actions/workflows/test.yml)
+[![Deploys latest code](https://github.com/kscalelabs/store/actions/workflows/deploy.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/kscalelabs/store/actions/workflows/deploy.yml)
-To get started developing:
+
-1. Clone the repository
-2. Install the React dependencies and create a `.env.local` file
-3. Install the FastAPI dependencies
-4. Start the Redis and DynamoDB databases
-5. Initialize the test databases
-6. Serve the FastAPI application
-7. Serve the React frontend
+# RoboList
-### Database
+This is the code for our online store. This is a simple store for buying and selling robots and robot parts.
-#### DynamoDB
-
-When developing locally, use the `amazon/dynamodb-local` Docker image to run a local instance of DynamoDB:
-
-```bash
-docker pull amazon/dynamodb-local # If you haven't already
-docker run --name store-db -d -p 8000:8000 amazon/dynamodb-local # Start the container in the background
-```
-
-Then, if you need to kill the database, you can run:
-
-```bash
-docker kill store-db || true
-docker rm store-db || true
-```
-
-Initialize the test databases by running the creation script:
-
-```bash
-python -m store.app.db create
-```
-
-##### Admin Panel
-
-DynamoDB Admin is a GUI that allows you to visually see your tables and their entries. To install, run
-
-```bash
-npm i -g dynamodb-admin
-```
-
-To run, **source the same environment variables that you use for FastAPI** and then run
-
-```bash
-dynamodb-admin
-```
-
-#### Redis
-
-For Redis, use the `redis` Docker image:
-
-```bash
-docker pull redis # If you haven't already
-docker run --name store-redis -d -p 6379:6379 redis # Start the container in the background
-```
-
-Then, if you need to kill the database, you can run:
-
-```bash
-docker kill store-redis || true
-docker rm store-redis || true
-```
-
-### FastAPI
-
-Create a Python virtual environment using either [uv](https://astral.sh/blog/uv) or [virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/) with at least Python 3.11. This should look something like this:
-
-```bash
-uv venv .venv --python 3.11 # If using uv
-python -m venv .venv # Using vanilla virtualenv
-source .venv/bin/activate
-```
-
-Install the project:
-
-```bash
-uv pip install -e '.[dev]' # If using uv
-pip install -e '.[dev]' # Using vanilla pip
-```
-
-Serve the FastAPI application in development mode:
-
-```bash
-fastapi dev 'store/app/main.py' --port 8080 # On port 8080 to avoid conflicts with Docker
-```
-
-#### Configuration
-
-Settings for the app backend live in the `store/settings/` directory. You can use the following environment variables:
-
-- `ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT_SECRETS` should be the path to a local `.env` file containing any environment secrets
-- `ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT` is the stem of one of the config files in the `store/settings/configs/` directory. When developing locally this should usually just be `local`
-
-To locally develop, setting the following environment variables will work (presuming you have set everything else up):
-
-```
-export ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT=local
-export ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT_SECRETS=.env
-export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION='us-east-1'
-export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=test
-export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=test
-export REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080
-```
-
-### React
-
-To install the React dependencies, use [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) and [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
-
-```bash
-cd frontend
-nvm use 20.10.0
-npm install
-```
-
-To serve the React frontend in development mode:
-
-```bash
-npm start
-```
-
-To build the React frontend for production:
-
-```bash
-npm run build
-```
-
-To run code formatting:
-
-```bash
-npm run format
-```
-
-#### Environment Variables
-
-You will need to set `REACT_APP_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID`. To do this, first create a Google client id (see [this LogRocket post](https://blog.logrocket.com/guide-adding-google-login-react-app/)). Then create a `.env.local` file in the `frontend` directory and add the following line:
-
-```
-REACT_APP_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id
-```
-
-Additionally, you should set `REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL` to the URL of the FastAPI backend. This should be `http://127.0.0.1:8080` when developing locally.
+If you would like to contribute, see the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.