youngtrix / flaskr2

A microblog example application written as Flask tutorial with Flask and mysql.

flaskr2

Description

A mysql powered thumble blog application

Why to use Flaskr2?

Though Flaskr is a famous programme introduced by the official tutorial, I met some problem when I installed it in Python 3.x. I found that it points to the sqlite3: something was wrong when you didn't install libsqlite-devel before you compile python. May be you can use yum or apt-get to solve this problem easily, but if you can't use them by chance? In that case, you have to install libsqlite-devel manually. I felt a little depressed when I downloaded the rpm file, typed the rpm command to try to install it, the system told me that I have to install several dependent packages.

Now you can use flaskr2 instead of flaskr to study flask, forget the sqlite, enjoy mysql.

How to run it

• edit the configuration in the flaskr2.py file or export an FLASKR_SETTINGS environment variable pointing to a configuration file.

• Instruct flask to use the right application

  • #export FLASK_APP=flaskr2.py
  • #export FLASK_ENV=development

• initialize the database with this command:

  • #flask initdb
  • #python2.7 -m flask initdb

• now you can run flaskr2:

  • #flask run
  • #python2.7 -m flask run

If you run the app in windows, you have to use SET instead of export to instruct flask.

the application will greet you on http://localhost:5000/ OR http://127.0.0.1:5000/