Flask MongoDB CRUD APP

Project Setup

1. Create main (flaskMongoDB) project folder

2. create virtual environment inside of it(main project folder)

#Linux and Mac
python -m venv venv

#windows users
python -m venv c:\path\to\myenv

3. Activate the virtual environment

# Linux and Mac
source venv/bin/activate

#Windows users
\venv\Scripts\activate.bat

4. Install all project dependencies

pip install flask Flask-PyMongo Flask-WTF

python -m pip install "pymongo[srv]

5. Setup the mongoDB cluster

Project Structure

project_root_dir
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|__ application
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|    |__ templates
|    |__ __init__.py
|    |__ routes.py
|    |__ forms.py
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|__ venv
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|__ README.md
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|__ run.py

Tutorial Phases

1. Simple Hello world app
2. Setup database connection Sign Up For mongoDB cloud
3. Setup init.py file (project configurattions)
4. Setup base template
5. Setup view_todos.html file
6. Create Flask forms
7. Create insert
8. Implement Sweet alerts
9. Create retrieve
10. Implemet delete
11. Implement update functionality
12. Setup .gitignore file