A simple flask prototyping tool.
- Python 2.7
- Ruby 2.1.3+
- Sass 3.3.9+
At the core it is a flask app so for those with python skills and if you are that way inclined you can add and extend to your heart's content.
For the rest of us looking to get some pages up and running quickly we can make use of the 3 govuk frontend building blocks.
- govuk_template - template containing the GOV.UK header and footer, and associated assets
- govuk_frontend_toolkit - collection of Sass & JS
- govuk_elements - design guide and example (adds some Sass components)
I like to run things using virtualenv so the rest of my machine is kept decluttered so I always being by running
virtualenv flask
Next up install Flask and Flask-assets with the commands
flask/bin/pip install flask
flask/bin/pip install flask-assets
flask/bin/pip install gunicorn
Also run this so that ruby sass is installed
bundle install
If you are using virtualenv then activate that by entering:
source flask/bin/activate
And finally to run use the command
foreman start
Follow the instructions to view it in the browser
For basic heroku instructions see here
There are a couple of additional steps required to deploy this project.
Because it is a python app that also requires ruby to compile the .scss files it needs multiple buildpacks. Luckily someone has made this easy for us, we just need to use the heroku-buildpack-multi
Add a .buildpack file containing the 2 buildpacks
And then let Heroku know we are using this. We do that by entering this on the commandline
heroku buildpacks:set https://github.com/ddollar/heroku-buildpack-multi.git