What is Enferno Framework

Enferno is a python framework based on the popular minimal microframework Flask, but with pre-configured libraries and modules that makes developing any kind of app really easy and fast.

Enferno uses a standard Model-View-Controller and application factory patterns.

Enferno also include the necessary templates to deploy your app in a matter of seconds using Docker.

Features

  • Full user management (register, login, logout, reset, roles etc ..) with easy helper set of management commands.
  • ORM (with SQL Alchemy)
  • Background/scheduled tasks (with Celery)
  • In-memory key value store (Redis)
  • Un-opinionated front-end with some basic minimal custom css.
  • Very easy to customize and build on.
  • Deploy easily with Docker Compose.

Prerequisites

  1. Python 2 or Python 3
  2. Optional: Redis, Mysql or Postgresql

Installation

# Clone the repository 

git clone https://github.com/level09/enferno

# Switch to the app directory

cd enferno

# Create virtual environment 

virtualenv env

# Activate the environtment

source env/bin/activate

# Install python requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

# Export flask variables

export FLASK_APP=run.py && FLASK_DEBUG=1

Edit the settings file located in the 'enferno' dir, and set your database settings

e.g: set the database to a local sqlite file: 

SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:////tmp/enferno.db'

Next we need to create the default database tables (mainly the tables for user accounts and auth), run the following command

flask create-db

Optionally you can then create your first admin user with the following command: 

flask install

To start the app run: 

flask run

Navigate to the following url in your web browser:

http://127.0.0.1:5000/

You should get the default page:

Enferno Frontpage

Congratulation, you are ready to build the next big thing on the internet!