Question

I have just created a flask application and so far I have a router for my “Hello world!” template.

I would like to add a little (a lot) more functionality, but I wonder how I should structure the app directory.

What’s the most common way of structuring a Flask app?
For instance, should I create a routes.py for all my routes?
Where does the SQLAlchemy stuff go?
Should models be in models.py?

Answer 1

You should check out the Larger Applications page in the Patterns section of the Flask docs: http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/patterns/packages/. It seems to be the model that most people follow when their application calls for a package instead of a module.

I believe views.py is what you are calling routes.py. After that, models would go in models.py, forms would go in forms.py, etc.