flask-guide

Step-by-step tutorial for building a simple Flask application using Python; optimized for use in a CS class.

What We'll Do

By following along with this project and our lesson(s), you'll walk away with a skeleton for a fully functional Flask web-app. You'll have several roles for users, a db with several tables, and basic authentication. This is meant to serve as a template; however, the basic framework will allow you to create apps of any kind/focus.

Instructions

Follow the instructions below to set up your development environment for completing this project.

Before we meet

1. Clone this repo:

   git clone https://github.com/robertjdominguez/flask-guide

2. Install required libraries

   cd flask_guide && pipenv install
   

3. Install VSCode and install these extensions via the following commands...these will make our development process much smoother:

   code --install-extension thekalinga.bootstrap4-vscode
   code --install-extension samuelcolvin.jinjahtml
   code --install-extension cstrap.flask-snippets
   code --install-extension gruntfuggly.todo-tree

4. Install ngrok -- we'll use this later to tunnel a web-server and test on mobile.

5. Check out the TODO.md file. We'll use this as a task list to help us stay organized and move at the right pace.