README.rst

cookiecutter-flask

A Flask template for cookiecutter.

Use it now

$ pip install cookiecutter
$ cookiecutter https://github.com/sloria/cookiecutter-flask.git

You will be asked about your basic info (name, project name, app name, etc.). This info will be used in your new project.

Features

• Bootstrap 3 and Font Awesome 4 with starter templates
• Flask-SQLAlchemy with basic User model
• Easy database migrations with Flask-Migrate
• Flask-WTForms with login and registration forms
• Flask-Login for authentication
• Flask-Bcrypt for password hashing
• Procfile for deploying to a PaaS (e.g. Heroku)
• pytest and Factory-Boy for testing (example tests included)
• A simple manage.py script.
• CSS and JS minification using Flask-Assets
• Optional bower support for frontend package management
• Caching using Flask-Cache
• Useful debug toolbar
• Utilizes best practices: Blueprints and Application Factory patterns

Screenshots

Inspiration

• Building Websites in Python with Flask
• Getting Bigger with Flask
• Structuring Flask Apps
• Flask-Foundation by @JackStouffer
• flask-bones by @cburmeister
• flask-basic-registration by @mjhea0
• Flask Official Documentation

License

BSD licensed.

Changelog

0.4.1 (06/07/2014)

• Update stale requirements (Werkzeug 0.9.6, WTForms 2.0)
• Fix unmatched div tag in home.html (thanks @level09 )

0.4.0 (04/19/2014)

• Add ReferenceCol for less verbose foreign key columns.
• Add SurrogatePK mixin for adding integer primary key to a model.
• Add base Model class that has CRUD convenience methods.
• Fix setting BCrypt encryption complexity. Tests are much faster.
• Add Role model to show ReferenceCol usage.
• Switch to pytest.
• Upgrade all out-of-date requirements.
• More test examples.
• Remove "year" from cookiecutter.json (just change LICENSE if necessary).

0.3.2 (02/26/2014)

• Fix static assets.

0.3.1 (02/20/2014)

• Update default year in cookiecutter.json. Thanks @Omeryl
• Correct testing of redirects in webtests. Thanks @Widdershin
• Fix POST action in nav form. Thanks @Widdershin.
• Update Bootstrap (3.1.1) and jQuery (2.1.0)
• Optional support for bower.
• Minified assets aren't used in dev environment.

0.3.0 (12/08/2013)

• More modular organization: each blueprint contains its own view, models, and forms in a directory. There is still a single directory for templates and static assets.
• Use Flask-Bcrypt for password hashing.
• Flask-Login for authentication.
• Simple test setup. Just create a subclass of DbTestCase.
• Flask-Testing support.
• Use Factory-Boy for test factories.
• Use WebTest for functional testing.
• Add Flask-Debugtoolbar.
• Migrations using Flask-Migrate.
• Caching using Flask-Cache.
• Add error page templates (404, 401, 500)
• Add Font Awesome 4.0.3 for icons.

0.2.0 (09/21/2013)

• Add manage.py script
• Add Flask-Assets for CSS and JS bundling+minification
• Use different configs for development and production environments, controlled by the MYFLASKAPP_ENV system environment variable
• Use Blueprints and application factory pattern. The simple branch does not use these.

0.1.0 (08/20/2013)

• First iteration
• Bootstrap 3 final
• Working User model and registration