buildmason 0.1.0

A command-line tool for generating scaffolding projects with different configurations

BuildMason

BuildMason is a command-line tool for generating scaffolding projects with different configurations.

It currently supports creating a basic Flask project, a Flask REST API project, and a Flask project with Blueprints.

Installation

pip install buildmason

Usage

buildmason COMMAND [OPTIONS] [ARGS]...

Commands

• basic-flask-project: Generates a basic Flask project.
• rest-api: Generates a Flask REST API project.
• blueprint: Generates a Flask project with Blueprints.

Options

--help: Show this message and exit.

Getting Started

Basic Flask Project

buildmason basic-flask-project

This command will generate a basic Flask project structure. This is a simple Flask project that creates / route and renders an index.html page. Project template link

Project Structure

{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/
├── README.md
├── app
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── templates
│       └── home.html
├── config.py
├── requirements.txt
└── run.py

Flask REST API Project

buildmason rest-api

This command will generate a Flask project with REST API configuration. This is a simple Flask project for a REST API with user data. The project defines a user data model and creates/queries the data. Project template link

Project Structure

{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/
├── app/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── models/
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── user.py
│   ├── services/
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── user_service.py
│   ├── utils/
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── config.py
│   ├── app.py
├── tests/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── resources/
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── test_user_resource.py
│   ├── services/
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── test_user_service.py
├── venv/ (virtual environment)
├── requirements.txt

Flask Blueprint Project

buildmason blueprint

This command will generate a Flask project with Blueprints. This is a simple Flask project that allows user login into the web application. We make use several components

• Flask-Login library for session management
• built-in Flask utility for hashing passwords
• Add protected pages to the app for logged in users only
• Use Flask-SQLAlchemy to create a User model
• Create sign-up and login forms for the users to create accounts and log in
• Flash error messages back to users when something goes wrong
• Use information from the user’s account to display on the profile page

Project template link

Project Structure

{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/
├── app
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── models
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   └── user.py
│   ├── routes
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── auth.py
│   │   └── main.py
│   └── templates
│       ├── base.html
│       ├── index.html
│       ├── login.html
│       ├── profile.html
│       └── signup.html
├── requirements.txt
├── run.py
└── tests
    ├── __init__.py
    ├── models
    │   ├── __init__.py
    │   └── test_models.py
    └── routes
        ├── test_auth.py
        └── test_main.py

Contributing

Feel free to contribute to this project. Open issues or submit pull requests on the GitHub repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.