Flask Boilerplate

This is boilerplate so you can get started quickly on a basic Flask app running Python 3.4.3.

Setup

1. Create and activate a virtualenv: pyvenv env, source env/bin/activate
2. Install dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Below the project root, create a directory instance containing an empty config.py. This can be used for storing sensitive information, such as passwords. Do not version control this directory.
4. Edit /config.py (below the project root) as your project requires. Separate configurations for development, testing, and production are included.

Usage

This boilerplate uses the flask-script extension to provide a command-line interface to the app. Out of the box, it includes the command runserver, which runs the app by default at localhost:5000.

To run in development mode: python manage.py runserver

To run in production mode: python manage.py -c production runserver

I have included basic MongoDB support (via flask-mongoengine), as well as Bootstrap and jQuery (via CDN) on the frontend.