https://github.com/maschad/info3180-lab2

https://github.com/maschad/info3180-lab2

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/maschad/info3180-lab2
• Owner: maschad
• Created: 2016-01-30T20:21:37.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-02-03T14:57:19.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-08T06:59:37.603Z (3 months ago)
• Language: CSS
• Size: 307 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
Flask App

============

What is this?

-------------

This is a template to help you get a 

[Flask](http://flask.pocoo.org/) app running on

[Heroku](https://www.heroku.com/).

It is based on [flask_heroku](github.com/zachwill/flask_heroku)

But follows the structure from the [Flask megatutorial](http://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial-part-i-hello-world)

We also removed the dependency on gevent

Prerequisites

-------------

It is assumed that you've installed the heroku toolbelet](http://toolbelt.heroku.com)

Instructions

------------

Clone the repo.

    git clone [email protected]:info3180/flask_app.git

    cd flask_app

    

To clear the git history, remove the .git/ folder

 

    rm -rf .git/

For your convenience, the project ships with a virtualenv script which means you

can quickly create a virtual environment using the following commands

    python virtualenv.py --no-site-packages venv

    source venv/bin/activate

Installing Packages

--------------------

### pip

Then, let's get the requirements installed in your isolated test

environment.

    $ pip install -r requirements.txt

Running Your Application

------------------------

Activate your virtualenv

    source venv/bin/activate

Now, you can run the application locally.

    python run.py

Deploying

---------

If you haven't [signed up for Heroku](https://api.heroku.com/signup), go

ahead and do that. You should then be able to [add your SSH key to

Heroku](http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/quickstart), and also

`heroku login` from the commandline.

Now, to upload your application, you'll first need to do the

following -- and obviously change `app_name` to the name of your

application:

    heroku create app_name -s cedar

And, then you can push your application up to Heroku.

    git push heroku master

    heroku scale web=1

Finally, we can make sure the application is up and running.

    heroku ps

Now, we can view the application in our web browser.

    heroku open

And, to deactivate `virtualenv` (once you've finished coding), you

simply run the following command:

    deactivate

Next Steps

----------

After you've got your application up and running, there a couple next

steps you should consider following.

1. Create a new `README.md` file.

2. Add your Google Analytics ID to the `base.html` template.

3. Adjust the `author` and `description` `` tags in the

   `base.html` template.

4. Change the `humans.txt` and `favicon.ico` files in the `static`

   directory.

5. Change the `apple-touch` icons in the `static` directory.

Reactivating the Virtual Environment

------------------------------------

If you haven't worked with `virtualenv` before, you'll need to

reactivate the environment everytime you close or reload your terminal.

    $ source venv/bin/activate

If you don't reactivate the environment, then you'll probably receive a

screen full of errors when trying to run the application locally.

Adding Requirements

-------------------

In the course of creating your application, you may find yourself

installing various Python modules with `pip` -- in which case you'll

need to update the `requirements.txt` file. One way that this can be

done is with `pip freeze`.

    $ pip freeze > requirements.txt

Custom Domains

--------------

If your account is verified -- and your credit card is on file -- you

can also easily add a custom domain to your application.

    $ heroku addons:add custom_domains

    $ heroku domains:add www.mydomainname.com

You can add a [naked domain

name](http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/custom-domains), too.

    $ heroku domains:add mydomainname.com

Lastly, add the following A records to your DNS management tool.

    75.101.163.44

    75.101.145.87

    174.129.212.2