Personal Flask Website

virtualenv setup:

$ virtualenv -p python3 .

$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Then:

$ source bin/activate

Running the web app with Docker Compose:

To run the web app, simply do in project root (containing 'docker-compose.yml'):

$ docker-compose down ; docker-compose up --build

You can then see the web app at: http://0.0.0.0:8000 or: http://localhost:8000/

To run on VPS, use detach mode:

$ docker-compose down ; docker-compose up --build -d

Cloning this project with all submodules

Follow the recommendations on the Git official documentation: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules

For the impatient, you can do the following when checking out this main project:

$ git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:joshuamhtsang/personal_flask_website.git

then 'cd' into the the checked-out directory and do:

$ git submodule update --remote

The latter command is needed to pull the latest branch commits specified in .gitmodules file.