What Even is This Thing?

This is a IPython notebook and example project dedicated to teaching what Flask is and how to use it.

Running The Notebook

• Install Python3
• git clone git@github.west.isilon.com:alord/flask_brownbag.git
• cd flask_brownbag

You might have to sudo the next command if you're using the system python.

• pip3 install -e . # This will take 3-4 minutes.
• ipython notebook # This will open a web browser with the notebook directory available to you.

If you don't want to have to use sudo

• Install Python3 #apt-get, yum, brew, or direct download.
• git clone git@github.west.isilon.com:alord/flask_brownbag.git
• cd flask_brownbag
• sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper On Debian systems
• source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh OR
• source /usr/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
• mkvirtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3 flask_brownbag
• workon flask_brownbag
• pip install -e . # This will take 3-4 minutes.
• ipython notebook # This will open a web browser with the notebook directory available to you.

Directory Structure

the_flask_module.ipynb: Primary IPython notebook that shows off the fundamentals of Flask.

the_flask_module/: The heart of this presentation. Contains the primary notebook, examples, and images.

heart_beat/: A fully functional flask application which can be used to count the number of times that a URL is requested and saves some metadata about the requests.

flask_extensions/: Contains IPython notebooks about flask extensions.

setup.py: Contains all project metadata and setup tools installation instructions.

dev_requirements.txt: shows all modules which are required to modify this repository.