Flask/jinja Boilerplate

Reference codebase used by AppSeed in all Flask/Jinja Apps starters.

Features

• Up-to-date dependencies
• Render Engine: Flask / Jinja2
• 👉 Complete documentation - Learn how to use and update the product
  • ✅ Set up the environment
  • ✅ Start in Docker
  • ✅ Codebase structure
  • ✅ UI Assets and Templates

✨ Start the app in Docker

Step 1 - Download the code from the GH repository (using GIT)

$ # Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/boilerplate-code-flask.git
$ cd boilerplate-code-flask

Step 2 - Edit .env and set DEBUG=True. This will activate the SQLite persistance.

DEBUG=True

Step 3 - Start the APP in Docker

$ docker-compose up --build 

Visit http://localhost:5085 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

✨ How to use it

Download the code

$ # Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/boilerplate-code-flask.git
$ cd boilerplate-code-flask

👉 Set Up for Unix, MacOS

Install modules via VENV

$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Set Up Flask Environment

$ export FLASK_APP=run.py
$ export FLASK_ENV=development

Start the app

$ flask run

At this point, the app runs at http://127.0.0.1:5000/.

👉 Set Up for Windows

Install modules via VENV (windows)

$ virtualenv env
$ .\env\Scripts\activate
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Set Up Flask Environment

$ # CMD 
$ set FLASK_APP=run.py
$ set FLASK_ENV=development
$
$ # Powershell
$ $env:FLASK_APP = ".\run.py"
$ $env:FLASK_ENV = "development"

Start the app

$ flask run

At this point, the app runs at http://127.0.0.1:5000/.

✨ Code-base structure

The project has a simple, intuitive structure presented bellow:

< PROJECT ROOT >
   |
   |-- apps/__init__.py
   |-- apps/
   |    |-- static/
   |    |    |-- <css, JS, images>         # CSS files, Javascripts files
   |    |
   |    |-- templates/
   |         |
   |         |-- includes/                 # Page chunks, components
   |         |    |
   |         |    |-- navigation.html      # Top bar
   |         |    |-- scripts.html         # JS scripts common to all pages
   |         |    |-- footer.html          # The common footer
   |         |
   |         |-- layouts/                  # App Layouts (the master pages)
   |         |    |
   |         |    |-- base.html            # Used by common pages like index, UI
   |         |
   |      index.html                       # The default page
   |      page-404.html                    # Error 404 page (page not found)
   |      page-500.html                    # Error 500 page (server error)
   |         *.html                        # All other pages provided by the UI Kit
   |
   |-- requirements.txt
   |
   |-- run.py
   |
   |-- ************************************************************************

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Flask/jinja Boilerplate - Open-source starter generated by AppSeed Generator.