Setup

In here we're going to install, init and serve our Mocha application

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Install

The best way to install Mocha is to do it with pip.

pip install mocha

It's preferable to install your Mocha app into it's own virtual environment.

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Init

Once installed, use the command line mocha to initiate the application.

Make sure that you cd into the right directory to run the command, as it will place the data in the current working dir.

So run:

mocha :init

It will create all the necessary files to get going, and you should see a file structure similar to the one below

/____
    |
    |- brew.py
    |
    |- propel.yml
    |
    |-- requirements.txt
    |
    |-- /application
        |
        |-- config.py
        |
        |-- models.py
        |
        |-- helpers.py
        |
        |-- manage.py
        |
        |-- views/
            |
            |-- main.py
        |
        |-- templates/
            |
            |-- layouts/
                |
                |-- base.jade
                |
            |-- main/
                |
                |-- Index/
                    |
                    |-- index.jade
        |
        |-- /static/
            |
            |-- assets.yml
            |
            |-- package.json
            |
            |-- css/
            |
            |-- js/
            |
            |-- imgs/
        |
        |-- /var/

Description:

• brew.py is the application entry point
• propel.yml (optional) A deploy based config file
• requirements.txt contains your requirements + mocha
• application/ contains the application's models, config, helpers and manage
• application/views/: contains your views modules
• application/templates/: contains all templates relative to the views name
• application/static/: contains all the app's assets: js, css, imgs, etc...
• application/var/: contains var files: database, mail-template, uploads, etc...

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Serve

Now your Mocha app is ready to go, it's time to serve it.

mocha :serve

You can access by default the application at: http://localhost:5000

To serve on a different port:

mocha :serve --port 5001

-> http://localhost:5001

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