mysite August 8 2022

This is my latest personal website created with Flask 2.1.3 and hosted on PythonAnywhere.

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Technologies used

• Python 3.9
• Flask 2.1.3
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript

Hosting

• PythonAnywhere

repository - mysite

working directory - zyambo

application entry point - app.py

Main functions and routes

zyambo/app.py

• def not_found(error): decorated function that handles 404 error.
• def unauthorized(error): decorated function that handles 401 error.

Project layout

Directory and Path	Description
zyambo/	package containing all the applications code and files
zyambo/views/	a package containing app views
zyambo/templates/	a directory containing HTML files
zyambo/static/	a directory containing static file folders
zyambo/static/css	a directory containing stylesheet(css) files
zyambo/static/img	a directory containing images
zyambo/static/js	a directory containing JavaScript files
zyambo/tests	directory with test modules

Blueprints and views functions

Blueprint

This organizes a group of related views and other code. Views are registered with this blue print rather than directly with an application.

zyambo/views/init.py

app_views = Blueprint("app_views", name, url_prefix="/")

views

module	description
about.py	responds to 'GET' requests sent to the "zyambo/about" route
contact.py	responds to 'GET, POST' requests sent to the "zyambo/contact" route
index.py	responds to 'GET' requests sent to the home route
project.py	responds to 'GET, POST' requests sent to the "zyambo/about" route

Running project on local machine

clone this repo

$ git clone git@github.com:sangwani-coder/mysite.git

$ cd mysite

Install requirements

$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

The Administrative console

The shell can be used to interact with the database interactively. starting the shell..

$ python3 -m zyambo console.py

Console commands (sangwani) ? or help - lists the help information (sangwani) about - Displays the current about stored in the database. (sangwani) about string:argument adds a new about message to the database. (sangwani) project - add new project to database (sangwani) bio - add or display bio

Starting project on local host

open zyambo/app.py and uncomment the following code:

if name == "main":

 app.jinja_env.auto_reload = True

 app.config['TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD'] = True

 app.run(debug=True, host='0.0.0.0')

• then make sure you're inside the root of the project directory (mysite) and run:

  $ python3 -m zyambo.app

Author: Peter S. Zyambo <Twitter: @peter_zyambo>