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FlaskPG is a development setup for Flask applications backed by PostgreSQL, run with Docker Compose. It is one of a family of Flask starters he wrote in spring 2024, alongside Flask Auth and 3Stack RFP.

What it sets up

  • A Flask app with SQLAlchemy, whose database address comes from an environment variable. It falls back to in-memory SQLite, so it also runs without a database.
  • The Werkzeug interactive debugger, switched on in development mode.
  • Gunicorn as the production server, with its own configuration and start script.
  • A management script for database tasks.
  • A Makefile and a development environment file, so make starts the API and database together.

Flask-Login is wired in but left switched off, ready for an app that needs accounts.

See also

2024flask-hello