Setup:
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python generate_secret.py # save the output generated here for the next step
Create a new directory instance
and then create a new file instance/config.py
with the following contents:
SECRET = b'xxx'
DEBUG = True
replacing b'xxx'
with the secret key you generated above.
Running:
python run.py # flask automatically reloads on changes
Go to localhost:5000
Directory structure:
\instance
stores all data(eg. config, uploaded files) about current running serverapp\templates
has all htmlapp\static
has all js/css/static files