My_Blog

Altschool second semester project

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About My_Blog

This project is a blog website that lets users register and sign into their account. It also lets users create blog posts, publish these posts and while authenticated, they can easily edit or delete their posts at any time.

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Features I Implemented:

• Authentication(User registration and log In)
• Create and publish new articles
• Edit and delete articles

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Working on this project exposed me to:

• Jinja2 Templates
• Database Management
• Flask_login
• User Authentication using flask
• Flask Debugging

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Usage

To get a local copy up and running, follow the steps below.

Prerequisites

• python 3
• Code Editors: I used Vs code for this project
• Bash Terminal: Git bash, powershell

Installation

1. Clone this repo

   git clone https://github.com/engrmarkk/Wallet_Platform.git

2. Create a virtual environment

   python -m venv your_venv_name

3. Activate the virtual environment on powershell or cmd

   your_venv_name\Scripts\activate.bat

4. On Bash ('Scripts' for windows, 'bin' for linux)

   source your_venv_name/Scripts/activate.csh

5. Install project dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

6. Run Flask

   flask run

7. Open the link generated in the terminal on a browser

   http://127.0.0.1:5000/

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Contact

Calista Ifenkwe Twitter - twitter.com/_StarrSzn [email protected]

Project link: My_Blog

I wrote about this project on Hashnode