Flask-Assets Tutorial

Build and code-split your frontend assets across Blueprints using Flask-Assets.

• Tutorial: https://hackersandslackers.com/flask-assets/
• Demo: https://flaskassets.hackersandslackers.app/

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:

• ENVIRONMENT: The environment in which to run your application (either development or production).
• FLASK_DEBUG: Set to True to enable Flask's debug mode (default to False in prod).
• 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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