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More doc updates for FLASK_APP

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Armin Ronacher 2016-05-26 20:48:49 +02:00
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@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The :command:`flask` command line script (:ref:`cli`) is strongly recommended fo
development because it provides a superior reload experience due to how it
loads the application. The basic usage is like this::
$ flask -a my_application --debug run
$ export FLASK_APP=my_application
$ export FLASK_DEBUG=1
$ flask run
This will enable the debugger, the reloader and then start the server on
*http://localhost:5000/*.
@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ The individual features of the server can be controlled by passing more
arguments to the ``run`` option. For instance the reloader can be
disabled::
$ flask -a my_application --debug run --no-reload
$ flask run --no-reload
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@ -40,11 +42,11 @@ Example::
app.run()
This works well for the common case but it does not work well for
development which is why from Flask 1.0 onwards the :command:`flask` method is
recommended. The reason for this is that due to how the reload mechanism
works there are some bizarre side-effects (like executing certain code
twice, sometimes crashing without message or dying when a syntax or
import error happens).
development which is why from Flask 0.11 onwards the :command:`flask`
method is recommended. The reason for this is that due to how the reload
mechanism works there are some bizarre side-effects (like executing
certain code twice, sometimes crashing without message or dying when a
syntax or import error happens).
It is however still a perfectly valid method for invoking a non automatic
reloading application.