haki / Empty-Flask-Project

Empty Flask Project

This guide outlines the essential steps for setting up the project:

1. Creating a virtual environment using venv.
2. Activating the virtual environment.
3. Installing project dependencies from requirements.txt.
4. Starting the Flask application.

You can adapt this guide to your specific project needs and provide additional information as required.

Getting Started

To get started with this project, follow these steps:

1. Install Python Virtual Environment (venv)

Before you begin, make sure you have Python installed. If not, you can download and install Python from python.org.

To create a virtual environment, open a terminal and navigate to your project's directory. Run the following commands:

Create a virtual environment

python -m venv venv

# On macOS/Linux
source venv/bin/activate

# On Windows
venv\Scripts\activate

2. Install Project Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Start the Flask Application

python run.py runserver

Info

Save Project Dependencies to requirements.txt

If you install any new libraries or update existing ones during development, remember to update your requirements.txt file to keep a record of your project's dependencies. To do this, you can use the following command:

pip freeze > requirements.txt

Pip Upgrade

pip install --upgrade pip