Issue 2: API Project Setup and Initial Configuration

[victorgrubio]

What: Setup the initial project structure including the required backend framework and dependencies. Prepare the development environment and establish the foundation for implementing the fanzone application backend.

Requirements:

• [x] Initialize a new Flask application.
• [x] Setup a virtual environment and manage dependencies using requirements.txt.
• [x] Create a README.md with project details and setup instructions.
• [x] Prepare a basic folder structure for separating concerns (e.g., models, controllers, services).
• [x] Setup a PostgreSQL database instance for development.
• [x] Integrate Flask-Migrate or Alembic for database schema migrations.

[victorgrubio]

Flask user-guide: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/#user-s-guide Flask sqlalchemy: https://flask-sqlalchemy.palletsprojects.com/en/3.1.x/ Flask blueprints: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/blueprints/ Flask migrate: https://flask-migrate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

[ametial]

As discussed:

Here are a few questions before our next session on Monday:

• how do we prerare the whole initial config, where do we start?
• how is the connection between postgresql db and the backend api is made securely
• how to package the whole app "image" and then deploy it on a public domain with all the security layers (ssl certificates, etc...)
• how can we scale it, say from a manually deployed app to a functional ci/cd (gitlabci, jenkins, etc)

So more or less, I would like to have a full understanding of the big picture or a solid control over each piece of the puzzle, because I am having trouble with the basics. I feel like once the basics are cleared, I would be much more confident with the further development.

I hope I'm making more sense now.

Meanwhile, as I said - i will readh the flask user-guide and actually just Python itself and study cases with API involved I can find on the internet and try to build a small backend myself, If I am able to.

[ametial]

Resources I will use:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sOvCWFmrtA

Flask user-guide: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/#user-s-guide Flask sqlalchemy: https://flask-sqlalchemy.palletsprojects.com/en/3.1.x/ Flask blueprints: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/blueprints/ Flask migrate: https://flask-migrate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/