Address #1902: Converts example/flaskr to have a setup.py (#1945)

* Converts example/flaskr to have a setup.py

Makes the flaskr app easier to run, ex. workflow:
- pip install --editable .
- export FLASK_APP=flaskr.flaskr
- flask initdb
- flask run

Testing is also easier now:
- python setup.py test

* Fixed an import error in flaskr/tests

- the statement `import flaskr` caused errors in python3
- `from . import flaskr` fixes the issue in 2.7.11 and 3.5.1

* Better project structure and updates the docs

- Re-factors *flaskr*'s project structure a bit
- Updates docs to make sense with the new structure
  - Adds a new step about installing Flask apps with setuptools
  - Switches first-person style writing to second-person (reads better IMO)
  - Adds segments in *testing.rst* for running tests with setuptools

* Remove __init__.py from tests

- py.test recommends not using __init__.py

* Fix testing import errors
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Kyle Lawlor 2016-07-05 20:30:59 -04:00 committed by David Lord
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.. _tutorial-dbcon:
Step 3: Database Connections
Step 4: Database Connections
----------------------------
We have created a function for establishing a database connection with
`connect_db`, but by itself, that's not particularly useful. Creating and
closing database connections all the time is very inefficient, so we want
to keep it around for longer. Because database connections encapsulate a
transaction, we also need to make sure that only one request at the time
uses the connection. How can we elegantly do that with Flask?
You now have a function for establishing a database connection with
`connect_db`, but by itself, it is not particularly useful. Creating and
closing database connections all the time is very inefficient, so you will
need to keep it around for longer. Because database connections
encapsulate a transaction, you will need to make sure that only one
request at a time uses the connection. An elegant way to do this is by
utilizing the *application context*.
This is where the application context comes into play, so let's start
there.
Flask provides us with two contexts: the application context and the
request context. For the time being, all you have to know is that there
Flask provides two contexts: the *application context* and the
*request context*. For the time being, all you have to know is that there
are special variables that use these. For instance, the
:data:`~flask.request` variable is the request object associated with
the current request, whereas :data:`~flask.g` is a general purpose
variable associated with the current application context. We will go into
the details of this a bit later.
variable associated with the current application context. The tutorial
will cover some more details of this later on.
For the time being, all you have to know is that you can store information
safely on the :data:`~flask.g` object.
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g.sqlite_db = connect_db()
return g.sqlite_db
So now we know how to connect, but how do we properly disconnect? For
Now you know how to connect, but how can you properly disconnect? For
that, Flask provides us with the :meth:`~flask.Flask.teardown_appcontext`
decorator. It's executed every time the application context tears down::