CMS Nano Lab

An online platform used to host online content/courses.

Usage

• Clone this repo.
• Install Python 3.
• Install the requirmenets using this command: pip install -r requirements.txt (it is adviced to use a virtualenv).
• Run the project using: python app.py.
• In the terminal, you will see a URL for the locally hosted website, click on it and you can see the website.

Tools

• Flask
• MongoDB (Pymongo)
• Flask-Login
• Flask WTForms
• Bootstrap

Services

• Browse courses and their content
• Login and register users
• Mark articles as complete
• Progress bars for courses on users profiles
• Users can edit their info
• Add comments to articles and delete them

Files

• static: has all static files including images, videos, .js, .css, and favicon.
• templates: has all templates (html files.
• app.py: has all the routes that are used in the website.
• db.py: has all function used in app.py to communicate with the database.
• form.py: has 3 forms (login, register, editProfile) required by WTForms.
• user.py: has the user class, required by Flask-Login.
• requirements.txt: generated using pip freeze > requirements.txt, and used to install and keep packages required by the project.
• .gitignore: used to ignore specific files from being uploaded to GitHub with each push.
• README.md: this document.