- Improve our understand of Flask & SQL Alchemy with repetition
- Discuss and explain Flask code together in pair or group programming
- Improve skill at working with others.
- Software teams thrive on collaboration, so working side-by-side with someone while coding is vital!
In this activity, we will build a Solar System API. This API will store information about different planets.
We will focus on creating RESTful endpoints for CRUD operations.
- Don't forget to work in a virtual environment
- Put endpoints in
app/routes.py - Add configuration, such as registering blueprints or configuring databases, in
app/__init__.py - Commit and push often
- Choose one member to fork the Solar System API repo
- Add all members to the forked repo as collaborators (through the repo settings)
- All group members should clone this new, forked, group repo and
cdinto it - Discuss good git hygiene:
- Make regular commits
- Push commits before switching driver
- Pull before starting to drive
- The driver is the person who is at the keyboard and mouse
- The navigator is the person who is thinking out loud, actively collaborating with the driver about the next step, and helping guide the development
- Trade-off driver and navigator roles often, at least daily, or every hour for longer work sessions.
- Take time to make sure you're on the same page
- Wave 03: Connecting the Database, Read and Create Endpoints
- Wave 04: Read, Update, and Delete
- Wave 05: Review and Refactor
- Wave 06: Writing Tests
For Waves 04, 05, and 06, the new driver may need to setup or update their database. Follow these steps:
- Pull down all new git commits
- Activate the virtual environment
- Create the database
solar_system_development - Run
flask db upgrade - Run
flask runto confirm that the API is running as expected