Intro to Flask Setup

Setup

Open your Terminal application and navigate to your ~/code/ga/lectures directory:

cd ~/code/ga/lectures

Make a new directory called intro-to-flask, then enter this directory:

mkdir intro-to-flask
cd intro-to-flask

Initialize a new virtual environment inside your project directory and install Flask and Python’s PostgreSQL library:

pipenv install flask 

This command will create a new Pipfile and Pipfile.lock in your project directory, specifying Flask as a dependency.

Activate the virtual environment:

pipenv shell

To deactivate the virtual environment when you’re done, simply type:

exit

Open the contents of the directory in VSCode:

code .