Python + Flask Website following Miguel Grinberg's tutorial

Index page:

Profile page:

Search page:

Uses:

• Python 3
  • aiosmtpd
  • pyjwt
• JavaScript
  • Moment.js
• Flask
  • Flask-SQLAlchemy
  • Flask-Migrate
  • Flask-Login
  • Flask-Mail
  • Flask-Moment
• Jinja
• WTForms
• SQLAlchemy
• Alembic
• Bootstrap
• Elasticsearch (via Docker)

Notes:

• Use "flask run" to start the server on http://localhost:5000.
  • Elasticsearch Docker container must be started to search or commit to the db.
• Use 'python tests.py' to run the unit tests.
• Use "venv\scripts\activate" to activate virtual Python environment.
• Set "FLASK_DEBUG" variable to 1 before running to enable debugging mode.
• To enable local email server for errors:
  • pip install aiosmtpd
  • (in second terminal)
    • aiosmtpd -n -c aiosmtpd.handlers.Debugging -l localhost:8025
  • (in original terminal)
    • set MAIL_SERVER=localhost
    • set MAIL_PORT=8025
• Application includes separate blueprints for these submodules:
  • Error Handling (errors)
  • Authentication (auth)
  • Main Functionality (main)
• For security, the ".env" file is not included in the repository and must be created manually.
• Virtual environment can be set up with "pip install -r requirements.txt"
• Venv setup file can be updated with "pip freeze > requirements.txt"