Updated the readme files with clear steps

README.md

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ To run the code using one command with Docker Compose, please follow the below i
 
 4. This will start your web application in http://localhost:3000
 
+To start the components individually, please follow the below instructions:
+
+1. To start the client-app: [client-app README.md](client-app/README.md/)
+2. To start the server: [server README.md](server/README.md)
+
 ## Contributing
 
 To get started contributing to the project, see the [contributing guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).

server/README.md

@@ -1,17 +1,31 @@
 # Flask server
 This server has API endpoints supporting the application. Here's how you run this component individually.
 
-The first time you want to run this code, you will need to:
-1. Create a virtual environment: <code>python3 -m venv venv</code>
-2. Activate virtual environment: 
-   * On Mac or Linux: <code>source venv/bin/activate</code>
-   * On Windows: <code>.\venv\Scripts\activate</code>
-3. Install dependencies into the virtual environment: <code>pip3 install -r requirements.txt</code>
+1. cd to server and follow the below steps based on your OS:
 
-On all subsequent runs, you will need to:
-1. Activate virtual environment: 
-   * On Mac or Linux: <code>source venv/bin/activate</code>
-   * On Windows: <code>.\venv\Scripts\activate</code>
-2. Run the development server:
-   * On Mac or Linux: <code>bash run_dev_server.sh</code>
-   * On Windows: Open git bash terminal and run <code>bash run_dev_server.sh</code>
+   ### On Mac
+   The first time you want to run this code, you will need to:
+   1. Create a virtual environment: <code>python3 -m venv venv</code>
+   2. Activate virtual environment: 
+      * On Mac or Linux: <code>source venv/bin/activate</code>
+   3. Install dependencies into the virtual environment: <code>pip3 install -r requirements.txt</code>
+
+   On all subsequent runs, you will need to:
+   1. Activate virtual environment: 
+      * On Mac or Linux: <code>source venv/bin/activate</code>
+   2. Run the development server:
+      * On Mac or Linux: <code>bash run_dev_server.sh</code>
+
+   ### On Windows
+   The first time you want to run this code, you will need to:
+   3. Install Git Bash (if not already installed) and in VS code open the terminal of type Git Bash
+   4. Create a virtual environment: <code>py -m venv venv</code>
+   5. Activate virtual environment: 
+      * On Windows: <code>source venv/Scripts/activate</code>
+   6. Install dependencies into the virtual environment: <code>pip install -r requirements.txt</code>
+
+   On all subsequent runs, you will need to:
+   7. Activate virtual environment: 
+      * On Windows: <code>source venv/Scripts/activate</code>
+   8. Run the development server:
+      * On Windows: <code>bash run_dev_server.sh</code>