Unseen University

Overview

This Flask application displays the menu card of our Restaurant at the end of the Universe: https://uu.tymyrddin.dev/

Website

JAMStack: Frozen-Flask is used to generate the static files based on the routes specified in the Flask app. These static files are hosted on Netlify.

Requirements

• Python 3.11
• Flask - micro-framework for web application development
• Jinga - templating engine
• Frozen-Flask - generates static files from Flask routes

Installation Instructions

Pull down the source code from this repository:

git clone git@github.com:tymyrddin/flask-uu.git

Create a new virtual environment:

$ cd flask-uu
$ python3 -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment:

$ source venv/bin/activate

Install the python packages in requirements.txt:

(venv) $ pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the Development Server

In the top-level directory, set the file that contains the Flask application and specify that the development environment should be used:

(venv) $ export FLASK_APP=app.py
(venv) $ export FLASK_ENV=development

Run development server to serve the Flask application:

(venv) $ flask run -p 3000

Navigate to 'http://localhost:3000' to view the website!

Build the Static Files

In the top-level directory, run the build script:

(venv) $ python build.py

The static files are generated in the /project/build/ directory, which can then be hosted on Netlify.

Testing

To run all the tests:

(venv) $ pytest -v

To check the code coverage of the tests:

(venv) $ pytest --cov-report term-missing --cov=project