anandur32 / flask-app

flask-app

Install Virtual Environment

Python 3 comes with a virtual environment module called venv preinstalled. If you have Python 3 installed, skip this step.
If you have Python 2, follow the given instructions:

Installation:

Windows:
py -2 -m pip install virtualenv

Linux:
sudo apt install python-virtualenv

Creating a new environment named 'env'

Run the commands:
Windows:
Python 3: py -3 -m venv env
Python 2: py -2 -m virtualenv env

Linux:
Python 3: python3 -m venv env
Python 2: python -m virtualenv env

Activating the environment

Run the commands:
Windows:
env\Scripts\Activate

Linux:
source env/bin/activate

Installing libraries

Libraries necessary :

• Flask
  python -m pip install flask

Running flask app

Setting FLASK_APP Environment Variable.

Run the commands:
Windows:
setx FLASK_APP=app
setx FLASK_APP=development

Linux:
export FLASK_APP=app
export FLASK_APP=development

Run the flask app

Command:
flask run

Git Commands

• git init
  Initializes a git repository

• git pull https://github.com/ShinuShaju/flask-app
  pulls the code from remote repository

• git add . or git add filename
  adds a file/files to the git staging area

• git commit -m "commit message in double quotes"

• git branch -m main
  sets main branch as main

• git remote add origin https://github.com/ShinuShaju/flask-app

• git remote set-url origin https://github.com/ShinuShaju/flask-app

• git push -u origin main
  push to a remote git repository