# Ensure the FLASK_APP is set.
export FLASK_APP=example.app
# Install the dependencies.
pip install -r requirements.txt
# Optionally compile the static files if you want to see how it works.
flask digest compile
# Start the Flask server.
flask run
Visit http://localhost:5000 in your browser. If you did compile the static files then checkout the source code of the page. You should see the md5 hash as part of the file names for both the CSS and JS files.