mohit-flask-test

Known as Mohit-Flask-Test for now. Actually called Twitter-4-Men (yeah, it's that bad..)

Usage

The software is issues under the Apache license, meaning you could freely modify it.

Written in HTML, CSS, Python's Flask Framework, and Jinja2 Templating.

To run your own instance, clone the repository as

git clone https://www.github.com/snazzycoder/mohit-flask-test.git

Then, change current directory to it using cd mohit-flask-test command

Now, install all the requirements using pip mentioned in requirements.txt

pip install -r requirements.txt

To run it in development environment, run

export FLASK_ENV=development
export FLASK_APP=app.py
flask run

To run it in production environment, run

export FLASK_ENV=production
export FLASK_APP=app.py
flask run

Backend and security

The passwords are hashed using SHA-256 alogrithm using the hashlib module in python. The databse is located in a remotemysql.com server.

History

Help contribute to build a twitter alternative. Started off as an XI-Grader curious journey towards flask development. Looking forward to having support and see new users sign up.