This is a project implementing the blog post by Mbithe Nzomo.

Prerequisites

• Python 2.7

• virtualenv

• Mysql

   $ brew update && brew install mysql

• Flask

   $ pip install Flask

Resources:

• Part one

• Part two

• Part three

  And might add some of the feature from The Flask Mega-Tutorial.
  The following list is some of the features might be used for User Portal:

• Chapter 2: Templates

• Chapter 10: Email Support

• Chapter 16: Full-Text Search

• Chapter 19: Deployment on Docker Containers

• Chapter 22: Background Jobs

• Chapter 23: APIs

Known Problems

1. flask development mode WARNING

   $ flask run
    * Serving Flask app "run.py"
    * Environment: production
      WARNING: Do not use the development server in a production environment.
      Use a production WSGI server instead.
    * Debug mode: off

   Solution: Add environment variable FLASK_ENV and set it to development

   $ export FLASK_ENV=development

2. ValueError when click on Assign in employees admin page

   file "APP_ROOT/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wtforms/ext/sqlalchemy/fields.py", line 189, in get_pk_from_identity
   ValueError: too many values to unpack

   Solution(for now): Modify line 189 in fields.py from

   cls, key = identity_key(instance=obj)

   to

   cls, key = identity_key(instance=obj)[:2]