To Do List - Pyramid Implementation

Author: Nicholas Hunt-Walker

Deployment: https://pyramid-todo.herokuapp.com/

Getting Started

Navigate to a directory that you want to work in and clone down this repository.

$ git clone https://github.com/PythonToDoList/pyramid.git

For Development

Move into the cloned directory and start a new Python 3 virtual environment. You should be using Python 3.6 or later.

$ cd pyramid
pyramid $ python3 -m venv ENV
(ENV) pyramid $ source ENV/bin/activate

pip install this package along with the included testing extras. Note: you will need Postgres running locally for this application.

(ENV) pyramid $ pip install .[testing]

Create Postgres databases for developing and testing this application.

(ENV) pyramid $ createdb pyramid_todo
(ENV) pyramid $ createdb test_todo

Export environment variables that point to these databases and initialize the development database. You can export the environment variables at the command line, but you should really include that variable in the environment in your ENV/bin/activate script. The database url example given below is what works on my machine, but your mileage may vary depending on what it takes to access your local databases.

(ENV) pyramid $ export DATABASE_URL='postgres://localhost:5432/pyramid_todo'
(ENV) pyramid $ echo \export DATABASE_URL="'postgres://localhost:5432/pyramid_todo'" >> ENV/bin/activate
(ENV) pyramid $ export TEST_DB='postgres://localhost:5432/pyramid_todo'
(ENV) pyramid $ echo \export TEST_DB="'postgres://localhost:5432/test_todo'" >> ENV/bin/activate
(ENV) pyramid $ initdb development.ini

To serve the application while developing, Pyramid provides the pserve command. Use it in conjunction with one of the .ini configuration files.

(ENV) pyramid $ pserve development.ini --reload

For Deployment (Heroku)

Assuming you have access to the Heroku CLI toolset, move into the cloned directory and create a new Heroku application.

pyramid $ heroku create

Configure the Heroku Postgres add-on for your new Heroku application (for whatever level of Postgres you want to have).

pyramid $ heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev

Set your own AUTH_SECRET environment variable on Heroku

pyramid $ heroku config:set AUTH_SECRET='some secret string'

Push this repository to your Heroku repository and heroku open to view the site.