Welcome to the AirBnB clone project! In this project, you'll embark on a journey to build a web application inspired by the famous AirBnB platform. Before delving into the details, let's familiarize ourselves with the key concepts behind this endeavor. If you haven't already, take a moment to read the AirBnB concept page.

The primary objective of this initial phase is to construct a command interpreter to manage AirBnB objects. This foundational step lays the groundwork for the subsequent development of a full-fledged web application. Throughout the project, you'll integrate various elements such as HTML/CSS templating, database storage, API implementation, and front-end integration.

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├── AUTHORS
├── console.py
├── models
│   ├── base_model.py
│   └── engine
│       └── file_storage.py
├── README.md
└── tests

3 directories, 5 files

To achieve this goal, we'll follow a systematic approach:

1. BaseModel Class: Create a parent class, BaseModel, responsible for the initialization, serialization, and deserialization of future instances.

2. Serialization Flow: Establish a simple flow for serialization and deserialization, allowing smooth conversion between instances, dictionaries, JSON strings, and files.

3. AirBnB Classes: Develop classes for each key entity in the AirBnB system, such as User, State, City, and Place. These classes will inherit from the BaseModel.

4. Storage Engine: Implement the first abstracted storage engine for the project – File storage.

5. Unit Tests: Create comprehensive unit tests to validate the functionality of all classes and the storage engine.

Think of the command interpreter as a specialized Shell, limited to managing objects within your AirBnB project. It allows you to:

• Create new objects (e.g., User or Place).
• Retrieve objects from files, databases, etc.
• Perform operations on objects (count, compute stats, etc.).
• Update attributes of an object.
• Destroy an object.

By completing these tasks, you'll establish a robust foundation for the subsequent phases of the AirBnB clone project. Let's dive into the details and bring our AirBnB vision to life!

• Clone this repository: git clone "https://github.com/stephen-nene/AirBnB_clone.git"
• Access AirBnb directory: cd AirBnB_clone
• Run hbnb(interactively): ./console and enter command
• Run hbnb(non-interactively): echo "<command>" | ./console.py

$ ./console.py
(hbnb) help

Documented commands (type help <topic>):
========================================
EOF  help  quit

(hbnb) 
(hbnb) 
(hbnb) quit
$

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