deployment_manual.txt

Transferring python GUI app into executable:
- steps below are created for Anaconda python environment
  (https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/)
1) Create virtual environment:
  - this is done so that we have only needed libraries, and unnecessarily
    do not increase the size of our executable
  conda create -n my_new_env python=3.7
2) Activate virtual environment:
  conda activate my_new_env
3) Install all necessary dependencies
  pip install -r requirements.txt
4) Install pyinstaller
  pip install pyinstaller
5) Create an executable from the main python file
  - those flags are making sure the console will be hidden and only
    one file will be created, instead of the whole directory
  pyinstaller -y -F -w  "heat_transfer_gui.py"
5a) Including the material and data files into the .exe
  - with the inclusion it is probably better to do it manually with auto-py-to-exe
  - overcoming the issues with including files with onefile export:
    - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7674790/bundling-data-files-with-pyinstaller-onefile/13790741#13790741
  pyinstaller -y -F -w --add-data "D:/Programování/Diploma-Thesis---Inverse-Heat-Transfer/metals_properties.csv";"." --add-data "D:/Programování/Diploma-Thesis---Inverse-Heat-Transfer/DATA.csv";"."  "D:/Programování/Diploma-Thesis---Inverse-Heat-Transfer/heat_transfer_gui.py"

Others:
- transforming .ui file to .py file:
  python -m PyQt5.uic.pyuic -x heat_transfer_gui.ui -o heat_transfer_gui_window.py
- making a .spec file for the .exe migration:
  pyi-makespec --onefile heat_transfer_gui.py
- full GUI with .exe migration options:
  pip install auto-py-to-exe