Chapter 1. Flask Configurations

This introductory chapter will help you to understand the different ways Flask can be configured to suit various needs as per the demands of the project.

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

• Environment setup with virtualenv
• Handling basic configurations
• Class-based settings
• Organization of static files
• Being deployment specific with instance folders
• Composition of views and models
• Creating a modular web app with blueprints
• Making a Flask app installable using setuptools