Python and Heroku App

This is a little bit more than a Hello World example using Django and Heroku. The site contains some simple math and other utilities related to PSSE.

It's published here

Checkout repo

Get the sources:

  git clone https://github.com/cwebber314/chips-ee
  cd chips-ee

Setup local machine

Install heroku and gunicorn:

  sudo snap install --classic heroku
  sudo apt-get install gunicorn

Setup python:

  cd ~/path/to/chips-ee
  pip install -r requirements.txt

Running Heroku Locally

To run with the heroku environment:

  cd ~/path/to/chips-ee
  heroku local

Your app should now be running on localhost:5000.

You can also run outside of the heroku environment. Make sure your local Python environment is setup:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

The start the django server:

    python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:5000

Deploying to Heroku

To publish, push the repo to git. If heroku is configured properly it works:

git push origin master

Documentation

For more information about using Python on Heroku, see these Dev Center articles:

• Python on Heroku