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Flask Pixel Lite

Open-Source seed project generated by AppSeed in Flask Framework on top of Pixel Lite design. Pixel is a free and open-source Bootstrap 5 based UI Kit featuring over 80 fully coded UI elements and example pages that will help you prototype and build a website for your next project.

• 👉 Flask Pixel Lite - product page
• 👉 Flask Pixel Lite - LIVE Deployment
• 👉 Free Support via Email & Discord

🚀 Built with App Generator, Timestamp: 2022-05-31 08:12

• ✅ Up-to-date dependencies
• ✅ Database: SQLite, MySql
  • Silent fallback to SQLite
• ✅ DB Tools: SQLAlchemy ORM, Flask-Migrate (schema migrations)
• ✅ Session-Based authentication (via flask_login), Forms validation
• ✅ Docker, Flask-Minify (page compression)
• 🚀 Deployment
  • CI/CD flow via Render
  • Flask Pixel Lite - Go LIVE (video presentation)

Start with Docker

👉 Step 1 - Download the code from the GH repository (using GIT)

$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/flask-pixel.git
$ cd flask-pixel

👉 Step 2 - Start the APP in Docker

$ docker-compose up --build 

Visit http://localhost:5085 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Manual Build

Download the code

$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/flask-pixel.git
$ cd flask-pixel

👉 Set Up for Unix, MacOS

Install modules via VENV

$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Set Up Flask Environment

$ export FLASK_APP=run.py
$ export FLASK_ENV=development

Start the app

$ flask run

At this point, the app runs at http://127.0.0.1:5000/.

👉 Set Up for Windows

Install modules via VENV (windows)

$ virtualenv env
$ .\env\Scripts\activate
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Set Up Flask Environment

$ # CMD 
$ set FLASK_APP=run.py
$ set FLASK_ENV=development
$
$ # Powershell
$ $env:FLASK_APP = ".\run.py"
$ $env:FLASK_ENV = "development"

Start the app

$ flask run

At this point, the app runs at http://127.0.0.1:5000/.

👉 Create Users

By default, the app redirects guest users to authenticate. In order to access the private pages, follow this set up:

• Start the app via flask run
• Access the registration page and create a new user:
  • http://127.0.0.1:5000/register
• Access the sign in page and authenticate
  • http://127.0.0.1:5000/login

CSS/SCSS Update

In order to customize the UI (primary/seconday colors), follow this setup:

• Navigate to apps/static/assets
• Edit SCSS files
• Install dependencies using PNPM
  • pnpm i
• Recompile the SCSS files with Gulp
  • gulp

NOTE: the above setup was tested using:

• Node v16.15.0
• Gulp CLI 2.3.0, LOCAL 4.0.2
• PNPM v8.6.0

Codebase Structure

The project is coded using blueprints, app factory pattern, dual configuration profile (development and production) and an intuitive structure presented bellow:

< PROJECT ROOT >
   |
   |-- apps/
   |    |
   |    |-- home/                           # A simple app that serve HTML files
   |    |    |-- routes.py                  # Define app routes
   |    |
   |    |-- authentication/                 # Handles auth routes (login and register)
   |    |    |-- routes.py                  # Define authentication routes  
   |    |    |-- models.py                  # Defines models  
   |    |    |-- forms.py                   # Define auth forms (login and register) 
   |    |
   |    |-- static/
   |    |    |-- <css, JS, images>          # CSS files, Javascripts files
   |    |
   |    |-- templates/                      # Templates used to render pages
   |    |    |-- includes/                  # HTML chunks and components
   |    |    |    |-- navigation.html       # Top menu component
   |    |    |    |-- sidebar.html          # Sidebar component
   |    |    |    |-- footer.html           # App Footer
   |    |    |    |-- scripts.html          # Scripts common to all pages
   |    |    |
   |    |    |-- layouts/                   # Master pages
   |    |    |    |-- base-fullscreen.html  # Used by Authentication pages
   |    |    |    |-- base.html             # Used by common pages
   |    |    |
   |    |    |-- accounts/                  # Authentication pages
   |    |    |    |-- login.html            # Login page
   |    |    |    |-- register.html         # Register page
   |    |    |
   |    |    |-- home/                      # UI Kit Pages
   |    |         |-- index.html            # Index page
   |    |         |-- 404-page.html         # 404 page
   |    |         |-- *.html                # All other pages
   |    |    
   |  config.py                             # Set up the app
   |    __init__.py                         # Initialize the app
   |
   |-- requirements.txt                     # App Dependencies
   |
   |-- .env                                 # Inject Configuration via Environment
   |-- run.py                               # Start the app - WSGI gateway
   |
   |-- ************************************************************************

PRO Version

For more components, pages and priority on support, feel free to take a look at this amazing starter:

Pixel PRO is a premium design crafted by the Themesberg agency on top of Bootstrap 5 Framework. Pixel is a premium Bootstrap 5 UI Kit that provides 1000+ components, 50+ sections and 35 example pages including a fully fledged user dashboard.

• 👉 Flask Pixel PRO - product page
• 👉 Flask Pixel PRO - LIVE Demo

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