Intro to Frameworks & Database

Demo app done in Flask for the "Coding For Product: Intro to Frameworks & Database" lecture.

Setup

Requirements: Anaconda Python 3, Postgres, pip

1. clone repo

2. activate a virtual environment

conda python

$ conda create --name cfp_flask flask

# Mac
$ source activate cfp_flask

# Windows
$ activate cfp_demo_flask

3. install packages

(cfp_flask) $ pip install -r requirements

4. create database

(cfp_flask) $ createdb <database_name>

5. set up enviroment variables

• copy .env.sample, and rename it .env
• fill in the DATABASE_URI

6. run migrations

(cfp_flask) $ python manage.py db upgrade

7. run seed data to populate database

(cfp_flask) $ python manage.py seed

Start application

(cfp_flask) $ python3 app.py