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Flask Assets Tutorial

Build and code-split your frontend assets across Blueprints using Flask-Assets. Accompanying tutorial on Hackers and Slackers here: https://hackersandslackers.com/flask-assets/

Getting Started

Get set up locally in two steps:

Environment Variables

Replace the values in .env.example with your values and rename this file to .env:

  • FLASK_APP: Entry point of your application; should be wsgi.py.
  • FLASK_ENV: The environment in which run your application; either development or production.
  • SECRET_KEY: Randomly generated string of characters used to encrypt your app's data.
  • LESS_BIN: Path to your local LESS installation via which lessc.

Remember never to commit secrets saved in .env files to Github.

Installation

Get up and running with make deploy:

$ git clone https://github.com/hackersandslackers/flask-assets-tutorial.git
$ cd flask-assets-tutorial
$ make deploy

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