TO create a new Virtaul environment, run the code py -m venv <name-of-venv>

To activate the virtaul env, run the command <path-to->\Scripts\activate

To exit the virtual env, run the command deactivate

Run pip install flask-wtf package to enable the use of Forms

Run pip install python-dotenv package to enable the use and reading of the .flaskenv file

To create the requirements folder (similar to package.json in NodeJs), use the command pip freeze > requirements.txt

And to install from the requirements file, use the command pip install -r requirements.txt

To run the flask application, use the command flask run

__init__ files are synonymous to initialization files. Like an index file, they are the entry points to the directory and also is used to initialize all that needs to be initialized for that package (i.e. directory)

It's always a good idea to configure your sever as a seperate file( in this case config.py), so you can access all the configurations through the Class.

It's also a good idea to define your routes, seperate from your application logic. In this case, we would create a routes.py file in the app folder to handle our routes.

Some syntax to note for using Jinja templating engine: