Add dev/prod configuration

Environment can be switched via the MYFLASKAPP_ENV system variable.

README.rst

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Features
 - Procfile for deploying to a PaaS (e.g. Heroku)
 - nose for testing
 - A simple ``manage.py`` script.
+- Easily switch between development and production environments through the APPNAME_ENV system  variable.
 
 Screenshots
 -----------

{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Quickstart
     git clone https://github.com/{{cookiecutter.github_username}}/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}
     cd {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}
     pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
+    export {{cookiecutter.repo_name|upper}}_ENV='dev'
     python manage.py createdb
     python manage.py runserver
 
@@ -25,3 +26,16 @@ To open the interactive shell, run ::
     python manage.py shell
 
 By default, you will have access to ``app``, ``models``, and ``db``.
+
+Development / Production Environments
+-------------------------------------
+
+Configuration environements are handled through the {{cookiecutter.repo_name|upper}}_ENV system environment variable.
+
+To switch to the development environment, set ::
+
+    export {{cookiecutter.repo_name|upper}}_ENV="dev"
+
+To switch to the production environment, set ::
+
+    export {{cookiecutter.repo_name|upper}}_ENV="prod"

{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/app.py

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import os
 from flask import Flask
 from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
-app.config.from_pyfile('settings.py')
+# The environment variable, either 'prod' or 'dev'
+env = os.environ.get("{{cookiecutter.repo_name | upper}}_ENV", "prod")
+# Use the appropriate environment-specific settings
+app.config.from_object('{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}.settings.{env}Config'
+                        .format(env=env.capitalize()))
+app.config['ENV'] = env
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)

{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/settings.py

@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import os
 
-APP_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))  # This directory
-PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(APP_DIR, os.pardir))
-DB_NAME = "test.db"
-DB_PATH = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, DB_NAME)
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = "sqlite:///{0}".format(DB_PATH)
-DEBUG = True
-SECRET_KEY = 'shhhh'
+class Config(object):
+    SECRET_KEY = 'shhhh'
+    APP_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))  # This directory
+    PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(APP_DIR, os.pardir))
+
+class ProdConfig(Config):
+    DEBUG = False
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql://localhost/example'
+    SQLALCHEMY_ECHO = False
+
+class DevConfig(Config):
+    DEBUG = True
+    DB_NAME = "test.db"
+    # Put the db file in project root
+    DB_PATH = os.path.join(Config.PROJECT_ROOT, DB_NAME)
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = "sqlite:///{0}".format(DB_PATH)
+    SQLALCHEMY_ECHO = True
+
+
+