My Practice Flask Template

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#To build from scratch

INSTALL DEPENDENCIES AND SETUP VENV

pipenv install Flask python-dotenv SQLAlchemy Flask-SQLAlchemy psycopg2-binary WTForms Flask-WTF Flask-Login [other_dependency] [etc]

gitignore

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gitignore/master/Python.gitignore > .gitignore

flaskenv

FLASK_ENV=development
SECRET_KEY=<mySecretKey>
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://dbUser:dbUserPassword@localhost/dbName

envExample

FLASK_APP=myAppName.py
SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS=False

routes/myMainRouteFileName.py

from flask import Blueprint


bp = Blueprint("myMainRouteFileName", __name__, url_prefix="")


@bp.route("/")
def index():
    return "JD's awesome template for an initially confusing (but ultimately maybe preferred over express?) framework"

config.py

import os


class Configuration:
  SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY')
  SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL")
  SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = os.environ.get('SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS')

app/init.py

from flask import Flask
from .config import Configuration
from .routes import myMainRouteFileName

app = Flask(__name__)
app.config.from_object(Configuration)
app.register_blueprint(myMainRouteFileName.bp)

myAppName.py

from app import app

Run the app

pipenv run flask run

OR FROM SHELL

pipenv shell
flask run

Structure when done

projectFolder
|____app
|        __init__.py
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|____routes
|        __init__.py
|        myMainRouteFileName.py
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|    .env
|    .flaskenv
|    .gitignore
|    config.py
|    myAppName.py
|    Pipfile
|    Pipfile.lock

Acknowledgments

I don't do ASCII art https://asciiart.website/index.php?art=objects/bottles