Thorin and Company

Simple Flask Web application based on the Clean Blog v5.0.10 Bootstrap theme by StartBootstrap and Jinja2 templating engine.

Technologies

• Python v3.11.3
• Flask v2.2.3
• Jinja2 v3.1.2
• Bootstrap v4.5.3
• jQuery v3.5.1

Deployment

The application is deployed on Heroku.

Live Demo: https://flask-app-thorin-and-company.herokuapp.com

Deployment process using Heroku CLI:

• Login to Heroku: $ heroku login
• Create a Heroku app: For existing repositories, simply add the heroku remote (connect to remote). $ heroku create example-app (or create using UI heroku)
• Connect Git remote to Heroku:
  • By Heroku git URL ( URL can be obtained from the app's settings page on the Heroku): $ git remote add heroku <heroku-git-url>
  • By Heroku CLI and app name (full string can be obtained from the app's deploy page): $ heroku git:remote -a example-app
• Create requirements file: $ pip freeze > requirements.txt
• Add gunicorn server to requirements: $ echo "gunicorn" >> requirements.txt
• Create a Heroku Procfile:
  • Run the flask app using built-in Flask development server (not recommended): Requires app.run() code in the app.py script $ echo "web: python app.py" > Procfile
  • Run the flask app using using the Gunicorn WSGI server (recommended for production environments): $ echo "web: gunicorn app:app" > Procfile
• Commit all changes: Add Heroku settings
• Deploy: $ git push heroku master (or connect to GitHub using UI).

Credits

• Content: The Lord of the Rings Wiki
• Theme: StartBootstrap Clean Blog v5.0.10
• Code based on Code Institute walkthrough Project