week4session1

Setting up and running a Virtual Environment

We will use pipenv

1. Install this globally

Navigate to folder your project will be in

1. cd python/flask
2. create project folder - mkdir IntroFlask
3. cd IntroFlask

Install flask

1. pipenv install flask
2. this should create 2 files pipfile and pipfile.lock

Users who get any errors thus far

1. try python -m pipenv install flask if that doesn't work
2. open command prompt and try pipenv flask or python -m pipenv flask

Windows mainly users

You may not get errors till this next step. I will demonstrate the error but it might be the bash vs command prompt

Activate Environment

1. pipenv shell

Exit the environment

1. exit