Flask MVC Experiment (Django alternative)

Idea: Django alternative (powered by Flask + SQL-Alchemy)

Run project

Install requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

Apply changes to database (from database migration files)

flask db upgrade

Start Webserver

set FLASK_APP=flask_mvc_app
flask run
# optional
flask run --port 80 --host 0.0.0.0

Development

Enable debug mode for development:

set FLASK_DEBUG=1

Use Flask Shell:

flask shell
>>> from flask_mvc_app.models import *
>>> TestModel.all()

Create migration-file after model changes

flask db migrate -m "user model added"

Initialize DB Structures

Normally not needed again... (for information only)

flask db init

Create Release-Build for PIP

python setup.py bdist_wheel

Inspired (or powered) by:

• https://github.com/absent1706/sqlalchemy-mixins
• http://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/
• https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial-part-i-hello-world (Flask Tutorial)
• https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/tutorial.html