This is just a simple working example of a Flask web application. The idea is that you can first verify that it works on your machine, then use it as a starting point for your application.
First, clone this repository into the directory of your choice:
$ cd my/python/projects
$ git clone [email protected]:ewilson/flask-starter.git
Next, if necessary, install Flask (either globally or into a virtual environment).
(USE sudo ONLY IF NOT USING virtualenv)
$ sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python flask-starter.py
Now navigate to localhost:5000 to verify that it is running locally. On that page there will be links to the other examples.
Examine flask-starter.py and the templates and see if you can understand what is going on.
Notice that the hello.html, bye.html, and form.html templates extend the base.html template, when establishes the title
and links to style.css. Also notice that Flask expects you to use a templates folder.
You may notice debug=True in flask-starter.py. You shouldn't have this in production, but it is extremely useful
in development. In particular, it allows for automatic reloading of your application on each save.