/lucky_flask

A guide to learning python & web development using flask.

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Lucky Flask

Apps / Lessons

  • bread The Coder's Toolbelt — Getting your development environment setup
  • ketchup Your first web server — Hello World!
  • mayo Connecting clients and servers — The Robots are Talking amongst themselves
  • frysauce Data structures & Databases — How Computers Remember
  • biscotti Learning on your own — Go forward, fellow autodidacts!

Installation Quick-Start:

  1. Zed Shaw’s Learn Python the Hard Way has robust instructions on getting your OS (especially windows) prepped for using python.
  2. Install git for your computer’s operating system.
  3. Clone this repo or download this zip
  4. Install pip via easy_install (python 2)
  5. To keep your python packages separated, install virtualenvwrapper and mkvirtualenv lucky_flask.
  6. While in your virtual environment, install module dependencies via pip install -r requirements.txt

Additional Docs

  • The flask documentation is excellent and contains a bunch of examples to get you started with both python and web application development.