[What is Microblog]
A tutorial that uses the building of a blog application to facilitate learning the
Flask framework [ http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/1.0/ ].
[How can I run & play around with this application?]
Pre-requisites:
You will need to open a terminal for these steps.
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Install Git: https://git-scm.com/
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Install Python 3: https://www.python.org/ This application uses Python 3.6.7
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Please install pipenv: https://pipenv.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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Clone this github repository into the directory you just made. Your directory structure should look like - microblog/ [*.py, *.db, notes, Pipfile, Pipfile.lock, README.md] microblog_app/ templates/ [html & text files are here] migrations/ [don't touch this]
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Navigate to the directory you just cloned and type
cd flask-microblog -
Setup the virtual environment. Type
pipenv install -
Enter the virtual environment. Type
pipenv shell -
Set your environment variables:
export FLASK_APP=microblog.pythenexport FLASK_ENV=development
Now type flask run
You should now be able to access the application by pasting the following into your browser: 127.0.0.1:5000