vhHacks Flask Starter

Installation Guide

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Section 1 - Toolkit Setup

Skip this if you already have Python3 setup on your computer!

Run commands in terminal. Open terminal by:

• Windows: Type cmd into the search bar
• MacOS: Type terminal in Spotlight Search
• Linux: Use Ctrl + Alt + T

1. Installing Python3
2. Installing venv:
   1. pip install virtualenv

Recommended: Install Git

Section 2 - Repo Setup

1. git clone https://github.com/vhhacks/flask-starter or click Code > Download ZIP
   1. If you downloaded the zip, you have to extract the zip file.
2. cd flask-starter
3. python3 -m venv venv
4. Activate venv
   1. Windows: .\venv\Scripts\activate
   2. Unix/MacOS: source venv/bin/activate
5. pip install -r requirements.txt

You're good to go! Have fun :)