feature: Introduce a production-ready solution for installing the dependencies and dockerizing the image

Signed-off-by: Dimitris Kargatzis <[email protected]>

Author: dkargatzis

Dockerfile_prod

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+# `python:3.11-slim` image is a lightweight, production-ready Python environment for running Python applications
+# in a Docker container. The slim variant of the Python image is smaller than the stretch variant and is optimized for
+# production use cases where a smaller image size is preferred.
+
+# Using this image as the base allows you to build a containerized version of your Flask app with the necessary Python
+# dependencies without having to install and manage those dependencies on the host machine instead of using the a OS and
+# configuring it using a set of instructions in the Dockerfile see the
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+# Create app directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install app dependencies
+# Make sure you have the `requirements.txt` file in the root directory of the project with the required dependencies.
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+# OPTIONAL as the `-p` flag is used while running the container
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+CMD ["python", "app.py"]

requirements.txt

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+Flask