Product Finder Application

A Flask-based web application for finding products through an interactive quiz interface.

Quick Start

🚀 Running the Application

Option 1: Using VS Code Tasks (Recommended)

• Press Ctrl+Shift+P → Type "Tasks: Run Task" → Select "Start Flask Server"
• Open http://127.0.0.1:8080

Option 2: Command Line

cd app
python app.py

📊 Updating Product Data

When you update app/data/products.csv:

• Press Ctrl+Shift+B to process the data
• All JSON files will be regenerated automatically

Project Structure

📁 app/              - All active project files (application code, assets, data)
📁 information/      - Documentation and deprecated files

See information/FOLDER_STRUCTURE.md for detailed organization.

Documentation

• FOLDER_STRUCTURE.md - Complete workspace organization
• QUICKSTART.md - Getting started guide
• BITWISE_USAGE_GUIDE.md - Bitwise filtering documentation
• START_HERE.md - Project overview

Development

All development happens in the app/ folder. The project uses:

• Flask for the web server
• Python for data processing
• Vanilla JavaScript for the frontend

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Version: 2.0
Last Updated: March 26, 2026