The is a simple Flask-based web application that uses a Geometry Calculator Tool created out of assignments from my Intro to Programming course. This project demonstrates simple implementations of the following methodologies:
- Unit testing
- Virtual environments for code deployment
- And a dynamic web application using Python Flask as the framework
To use this code do the following:
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Pick a location on disk and clone this code into a local repository:
git clone https://github.com/foxster14/geometry_calculator_python_flask_web_app
(Alternatively the new GitHub CLI could also be used)
A new directory will be created: geometry_calculator_python_flask_web_app "cd" into it.
cd ./geometry_calculator_python_flask_web_app
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Create a Python Virtual Environment
It is advisable to use a Python Virtual Environment to keep this app's dependencies separate from other Python dependencies on the target machine. To create a Virtual Environment do the following from within the geometry_calculator_web directory:
Unix OS's:
python3 -m venv venv
Windows:
python -m venv venv
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Activate the Virtual Environment:
Unix OS's:
source venv/bin/activate
Windows:
venv\Scripts\activate.bat
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Install App Dependencies Using the Python Package Tool:
Rather than using pip to install the required packages, such as Flask, etc., all dependencies are in the requirements.txt file.
In a virtual environment that was create using Python 3, on Unix OS's there no need to use pip3. You can, but pip also works in this instance.
pip install -r requirements.txt
Windows:
pip install -r requirements.txt
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Run the Application:
python GeometryCalcWeb.py
The App should now be running on port 5000. Access it via
localhost:5000--or--127.0.0.1:5000
This repo also contains two sample Unit Tests. One for the cylinder.py module. One for the GeometryCalcWeb.py program.
You can run them by doing the following:
python cylinderTest.py
python GeometryCalcWeb.py