Add info to the README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md files

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+## Development dependencies
+
+To install development dependencies, first you need to create a virtual environment.
+The easiest way is by using the [virtualenv](https://pypi.org/project/virtualenv/) package:
+
+```shell
+virtualenv venv
+source venv/bin/activate
+```
+
+We use [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/) to manage back-end dependencies:
+
+```shell
+pip install --upgrade pip poetry
+poetry install --with dev
+```
+
+We use [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/) to manage front-end dependencies. Install it on MacOS
+using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/):
+
+```shell
+brew install yarn
+```
+
+Then install the project dependencies:
+```shell
+yarn
+```
+
 ## Coding guidelines
 
 For code style, we recommend the [google style guide](https://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html).

README.md

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 # FLorist
 
-TODO
+A platform to launch federated learning (FL) training jobs.
+
+## Setting up
+
+### Install dependencies
+
+To install the project dependencies, first you need to create a virtual environment.
+The easiest way is by using the [virtualenv](https://pypi.org/project/virtualenv/) package:
+
+```shell
+virtualenv venv
+source venv/bin/activate
+```
+
+We use [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/) to manage back-end dependencies:
+
+```shell
+pip install --upgrade pip poetry
+poetry install
+```
+
+We use [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/) to manage front-end dependencies. Install it on MacOS
+using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/):
+
+```shell
+brew install yarn
+```
+
+Then install the project dependencies:
+```shell
+yarn
+```
+
+### Running the server
+
+Use Yarn to run both the back-end and front-end on server mode:
+
+```shell
+yarn dev
+```
+
+The front-end will be available at `http://localhost:3000`. If you want to access
+back-end APIs individually, they will be available at `https://localhost:8000`.
+
+### Running the client
+
+Coming up.