renderThing

Render things is a cutting edge app using render.com.

Knowledge Requirements

Find a smart developer who knows these tools

• Flask
• Python
• Psycopg2

Setup

Database

1. Create a database on render.com using the instructions here and setup with your desired parameters
2. Connect to the database using the provided connection details and use the code within db.sql to create and test the table

Webservice

1. Create a public repo on GitHub or GitLab and duplicate this repo there
2. Create a render.com account
3. Create a web service using Flask for the frontend following these instructions
4. Create an environment variable in your web service of the name db_conn equal to the internal connection string provided by the dashboard of the database you created
5. Wait for web service to start
6. Bask in your initial success

CI / CD

1. Create a secret in the repo named DEPLOY_URL and set the value to the Deploy Hook provided in your web service settings to enable auto deployment on commit to the repo