Simple Dashboard in Flask

This is a very simple dashboard in flask. Basically, the content seen by an anonymous user is contained by bootstrap's class container. However, upon authentication, the content is not contained and a functional sidebar is provided.

Check out the other sample dashboards:

• Custom dashboard (this repo) ✔
• Scrollable sidebar dashboard ✔
• Fixed sidebar dashboard ✔
• Overlay fixed sidebar dashboard ✔
• Partially collapsible sidebar dashboard ✔

Features

• User authentication

Tools Used

• Flask
• Python
• Flask SQLAlchemy
• Flask Bootstrap
• Flask Migrate
• Flask-Login
• Flask-WTF

Testing the Application Locally

• Clone this repository:

  git clone git@github.com:GitauHarrison/simple-dashboard-in-flask.git

• Move into the directory:

  cd simple-dashboard-in-flask

• Create and activate a virtual environment:

  $ virtualenv venv
  $ source venv/bin/activate
  
  # or (if you prefer using virtualenvwrapper)
  # $ mkvirtualenv venv

• Install dependencies within the virtual environment:

  (venv)$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

• Needed environment variables:
  • Create a file called .env in the root directory of the project.

    (venv)$ touch .env

  • Add the following lines to the file:

    SECRET_KEY=<your secret key>

    • Best to create the value of SECRET_KEY by running python -c "import os; print(os.urandom(24))" in your terminal.
• Start the flask server:

  (venv)$ flask run

• Access the application on your browser using the link http://localhost:5000

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Cheers!