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+ENcarteS Backend
+===
+
+ENcarteS is a software that allows one to get/edit information about one room, to find it on a map, and to make api calls to get those informations.
+
+You are currently viewing at the backend part of the software, that is the part that will persistently store room data and that will serve it through an url API.
+
+## Implementation
+
+## Known issues
+
+## Install locally
+In order to run a test version of the software, you will first have to install some programs.
+
+The project backend is made with symfony 6.2. You will have to install the following depedencies:
+
+- PHP 8.2 (You can get a packaged version [on sury's website](https://deb.sury.org/)
+- PHP packages: mbstring, intl, xml, and psql (debian packages are php8.2-mbstring, php8.2-intl, php8.2-xml, php8.2-pgsql)
+- A PostgreSQL server (debian package postgresql)
+- Symfony client (you can download it on [symfony's website](https://symfony.com/download))
+- Composer (go to [composer webpage](symfony check:requirements))
+
+You should be able to run the command `symfony check:requirements`. This command should tell you that everything is good. If some package is not installed ... well, you should do so.
+
+Then, you can clone the repo in some folder (you have to install git), `cd` into that folder. Now, you can make composer install all depedencies with `composer install`. If you have not created the database yet, you should create an user `encartes` that can authenticate from localhost with some password. This password should be given in the file `config/packages/doctrine.yaml` (direct configuration files should be removed in future updates). Once all has been set up, you can create the base database with command `php bin/console doctrine:database:create` and you can setup the tables to the latest layout with `php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate`.
+
+Your installation should be complete, you can run `symfony local:server:start` to start the server locally (usually on *127.0.0.1:8000*).
+
+## Todolist
+
+- [x] Make the base project
+- [ ] Hide password from configfile using symfony vaults
+- [ ] (Automatic) API documentation