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Datta Able PRO Flask

Premium seed project built in Flask on top of Datta Able Dashboard (PRO version).

Premium Flask Dashboard generated by AppSeed op top of a modern design. Datta Able PRO Bootstrap PRO is the most stylised Bootstrap 5 Admin Template, around all other Lite/Free admin templates in the market.

It comes with high feature-rich pages and components with fully developer-centric code.

v1.0.12 - release date 2023-10-08

✅ Features​

  • Up-to-date dependencies
  • UI Kit: Soft UI Dashboard PRO by Creative-Tim
  • Database: SQLite, MySql
    • Silent fallback to SQLite
  • DB Tools: SQLAlchemy ORM, Flask-Migrate
  • Authentication, Session Based, OAuth via Github
  • Docker, Flask-Minify (page compression)
  • Deployment
    • CI/CD flow via Render

Datta Able PRO - Full-Stack Starter generated by AppSeed.

✅ Environment​

To use the starter, Python3 should be installed properly in the workstation. If you are not sure if Python is installed, please open a terminal and type python --version. Here is the full list with dependencies and tools required to build the app:

  • Python3 - the programming language used to code the app
  • GIT - used to clone the source code from the Github repository
  • Basic development tools (g++ compiler, python development libraries ..etc) used by Python to compile the app dependencies in your environment.
  • (Optional) Docker - a popular virtualization software

✅ Start in Docker​

👉 Step 1 - Download & Unzip the code (requires a purchase)

$ unzip flask-soft-ui-dashboard-pro.zip
$ cd flask-soft-ui-dashboard-pro

👉 Step 2 - Start the APP in Docker

$ docker-compose up --build

Visit http://localhost:5085 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

✅ Manual Build​

👉 Step 1 - Download & Unzip the code (requires a purchase)

$ unzip flask-soft-ui-dashboard-pro.zip
$ cd flask-soft-ui-dashboard-pro

👉 Set Up for Unix, MacOS​

Install modules via VENV

$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Set Up Flask Environment

$ export FLASK_APP=run.py
$ export FLASK_ENV=development

Start the app

$ flask run

At this point, the app runs at http://127.0.0.1:5000/.

👉 Set Up for Windows​

Install modules via VENV (windows)

$ virtualenv env
$ .\env\Scripts\activate
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Set Up Flask Environment

$ # CMD
$ set FLASK_APP=run.py
$ set FLASK_ENV=development
$
$ # Powershell
$ $env:FLASK_APP = ".\run.py"
$ $env:FLASK_ENV = "development"

Start the app

$ flask run

At this point, the app runs at http://127.0.0.1:5000/.

✅ Codebase​

The project is coded using a simple and intuitive structure presented below:

< PROJECT ROOT >
   |
   |-- apps/
   |    |
   |    |-- home/                           # A simple app that serve HTML files
   |    |    |-- routes.py                  # Define app routes
   |    |
   |    |-- authentication/                 # Handles auth routes (login and register)
   |    |    |-- routes.py                  # Define authentication routes
   |    |    |-- models.py                  # Defines models
   |    |    |-- forms.py                   # Define auth forms (login and register)
   |    |
   |    |-- static/
   |    |    |-- <css, JS, images>          # CSS files, Javascripts files
   |    |
   |    |-- templates/                      # Templates used to render pages
   |    |    |-- includes/                  # HTML chunks and components
   |    |    |    |-- navigation.html       # Top menu component
   |    |    |    |-- sidebar.html          # Sidebar component
   |    |    |    |-- footer.html           # App Footer
   |    |    |    |-- scripts.html          # Scripts common to all pages
   |    |    |
   |    |    |-- layouts/                   # Master pages
   |    |    |    |-- base-fullscreen.html  # Used by Authentication pages
   |    |    |    |-- base.html             # Used by common pages
   |    |    |
   |    |    |-- accounts/                  # Authentication pages
   |    |    |    |-- login.html            # Login page
   |    |    |    |-- register.html         # Register page
   |    |    |
   |    |    |-- home/                      # UI Kit Pages
   |    |         |-- index.html            # Index page
   |    |         |-- 404-page.html         # 404 page
   |    |         |-- *.html                # All other pages
   |    |
   |  config.py                             # Set up the app
   |    __init__.py                         # Initialize the app
   |
   |-- requirements.txt                     # App Dependencies
   |
   |-- .env                                 # Inject Configuration via Environment
   |-- run.py                               # Start the app - WSGI gateway
   |
   |-- ************************************************************************

✅ Deploy on Render​

  • Create a Blueprint instance
  • Click New Blueprint Instance button.
  • Connect your repo which you want to deploy.
  • Fill the Service Group Name and click on Update Existing Resources button.
  • After that your deployment will start automatically.

At this point, the product should be LIVE.

✅ Resources​