generator-flask-heroku

Yeoman Flask Generator for Heroku

Generator to use Yeoman on a Flask project then deploying on Heroku platform.

For more informations about Yeoman, see Yeoman.io

For more informations about Flask, see Flask.pocoo.org

For more informations about Heroku, see Heroku.com

Installation

$ npm install -g generator-flask-heroku

Init

Generates a new Flask app with all the basic files you need.

$ yo flask-heroku

Preparing

1. Install virtualenv and activate it.

$ virtualenv venv && source venv/bin/activate

1. Install pip package manager

2. Then install flask required depensies.

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Deployment to Heroku

$ git init

$ git add .

$ git commit -am "first commit"

$ heroku create <app-name>

$ git push heroku master

$ heroku open

Local

$ venv/bin/python ./server.py

Your application will be available at 127.0.0.1:5000.

Build

If you decided to use Frozen Flask, run $ python freeze.py to build a static version of your app.