simple boilerplate for flask applications to get up and running real quick

based on the flask cookiecutter project: https://github.com/sloria/cookiecutter-flask

Assumes use of virtualenv / virtualenvwrapper / autoenv http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/

git clone https://github.com/isaacchansky/flask_boilerplate
cd flask_boilerplate
pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
export FLASK_BOILERPLATE_ENV='dev'
python manage.py createdb
python manage.py runserver

To open the interactive shell, run :

python manage.py shell

By default, you will have access to app, models, and db.

Configuration environements are handled through the FLASK_BOILERPLATE_ENV system environment variable.

To switch to the development environment, set :

export FLASK_BOILERPLATE_ENV="dev"

To switch to the production environment, set :

export FLASK_BOILERPLATE_ENV="prod"