Portfolio

About

A Python 3 web application, built using Flask to serve my portfolio.

The deployed application can be viewed here.

Features

• Landing page
• About section
• Project feed
• Blog
• Contact form

Stack

App

• Python 3
• Flask
• Halfmoon UI
• Feather Icons
• SendGrid

Deployment

• gunicorn
• Docker
• Render

Development

Follow the instructions below to get started with the app in a local development environment.

Prerequisites

• Docker

Running

The app can be run via docker with the following commands:

# Build image
docker build -t portfolio-jed-simson .
 
# Run in container
docker run --env-file=.env -p=8000:5000 portfolio-jed-simson

Note that an environment file will need to be provided to define the environment variables required by the app. The full list of variables is listed below.

Name	Description	Required
APP_SETTINGS	Defines the configuration the app should run with. Supported values are config.DevelopmentConfig or config.ProductionConfig.	❌
SECRET_KEY	Secret key used by some of the app libraries.	✅
POSTS_PATH	Path used to load blog posts from. Default value is static/assets/posts/.	❌
POSTS_PER_PAGE	Max number of posts to show on a blog page. Default value is 10.	❌
PROJECT_FEED_PATH	Path used to load projects in the project feed from. Default value is static/assets/projects/project_feed.json.	❌
SENDGRID_API_KEY	API key for SendGrid email integration.	✅
SENDGRID_DEFAULT_FROM	Email address used in the 'From' email field when sending messages from the contact form.	✅
CONTACT_EMAIL	Email address that messages in the contact form will be sent to.	✅
RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY	Public key used by ReCAPTCHA in the contact form.	✅
RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY	Private key used by ReCAPTCHA in the contact form.	✅
RECAPTCHA_DATA_ATTRS	Optional attributes that will be passed to the ReCAPTCHA component.	❌
LOG_LEVEL	Log level used by the app. See logging levels	✅
SENTRY_DSN	DSN for Sentry integration.	✅
CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY	Content security policy used by the app.	❌