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Connect your Flask app to a database using Flask-SQLAlchemy.

• Tutorial:https://hackersandslackers.com/manage-database-models-with-flask-sqlalchemy/
• Demo:https://flasksqlalchemy.hackersandslackers.com

Get set up locally in two steps:

Replace the values in.env.example with your values and rename this file to.env:

• ENVIRONMENT: The environment in which to run your application (eitherdevelopment orproduction).
• FLASK_DEBUG: Whether to run Flask in "debug mode".
• SECRET_KEY: Randomly generated string of characters used to encrypt your app's data.
• SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI: SQLAlchemy connection URI to a SQL database.

Remember never to commit secrets saved in .env files to Github.

Get up and running withmake deploy:

git clone https://github.com/hackersandslackers/flask-sqlalchemy-tutorial.gitcd flask-sqlalchemy-tutorialmake deploy

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