flask-starter-site

basic flask site with user login and bootstrap for rapid python web app prototyping
check out Treehouse for some great flask tutorials. They eventually led me to this repo!
these steps are for Mac OS X
this uses a SQLite and peewee. A good tool for prototyping. Probably not production :)

make a virtual environment

mkdir my-flask-projects
cd my-flask-projects
python -m venv flask-venv
source flask-venv/bin/activate

get the code into a directory

git clone https://github.com/josephjguerra/flask-starter-site.git

get the required packages

pip install peewee
pip install flask
pip install flask-login
pip install flask-bcrypt
pip install flask-wtf

see the app!

cd flask-starter-site
python app.py
go to http://127.0.0.1:5000/ to see the starter site!
register a user (or a few)
login

now what?

learn more about flask
expand this starter site to prototype your next big idea
try connecting a real database
host your project on:
- pythonanywhere - my preference
- Heroku - also straightforward with heroku toolbelt
- DigitalOcean
- AWS
the sky's the limit!

cleaning up

control + C will stop the app from running
deactivate in your my-flask-projects directory to stop your virtual environment