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BLOG in tornado
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A simple blog built using Python tornado framework and MYSQL datatabase.


1. Install Python prerequisites
    pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Connect to MySQL and create a database and user for the blog.

   Connect to MySQL as a user that can create databases and users:
   mysql -u root

   Create a database named "blog":
   mysql> CREATE DATABASE blog;

   Allow the "blog" user to connect with the password "blog":
   mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON blog.* TO 'blog'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'blog';

3. Create the tables in your new database.

   You can use the provided schema.sql file by running this command:
   mysql --user=blog --password=blog --database=blog < schema.sql

   You can run the above command again later if you want to delete the
   contents of the blog and start over after testing.

4. Run the blog
    make the script executable by running chmod u+x blog.py
   ./blog.py


5. Visit your new blog

   Open http://localhost:8888/ in your web browser.