learn-flask

Learning flask through building projects

What is Flask?

Flask is a web app framework written in Python. Web framework represents a collection of libraries and modules for developing webs without worrying about low-level details such as protocols, thread management etc.

Set up

pip install virtualenv
cd proj-repo
virtualenv venv
. venv/bin/activate  #activate environment
pip install Flask. #install Flask for proj-repo env

Projects

1. blog-app

2. microblog-heroku

References

• flask tutorial
• flask website

Other good tutorials notes

• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python
• heroku vs aws
• The Flask Mega
• sublime cheatsheet

cheatsheet

shutdown virtualenv: deactivate

To freeze current environment: pip freeze > requirements.txt

install all packages pip install -r requirements.txt

find heroku app name heroku info -s | grep web_url | cut -d= -f2

find jobs running python ps -fA | grep python

with python3, to start virtualenv python -m venv myvenv