"startproject"-like script for Flask, to make adding view files easier.

start_flask_project.py

import os, sys

class Setup:
    def __init__(self, app_name):
        self.app_name = app_name
        self.cwd = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), app_name)
        try:
            print "Creating project folder..."
            os.mkdir(app_name)
        except OSError:
            raise OSError("Project {app_name} already exists."
                .format(app_name=self.app_name))

    def run(self):
        run = """import flask
import {app_name}_views

app = flask.Flask(__name__)
app.register_blueprint(views.{app_name})

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)
""".format(app_name=self.app_name)
        with open(os.path.join(self.cwd, 'run.py'),'w') as f:
            f.truncate(0)
            print "Creating run file..."
            f.write(run)

    def views(self):
        views = """from flask import Blueprint, render_template, request

{app_name} = Blueprint('', __name__, template_folder='templates')

@{app_name}.route('/')
def index():
    print "Hello World!"
""".format(app_name=self.app_name)
        file_name = "{app_name}_views.py".format(app_name = self.app_name)
        with open(os.path.join(self.cwd, file_name),'w') as f:
            f.truncate(0)
            print "Creating views file..."
            f.write(views)

    def folders(self):
        try:
            print "Creating static folder..."
            os.mkdir(os.path.join(self.cwd, 'static'))
        except OSError:
            print "Static folder already exists."
        try:
            print "Creating templates folder..."
            os.mkdir(os.path.join(self.cwd, 'templates'))
        except OSError:
            print "Templates folder already exists."

def main(app_name):
    app = Setup(app_name)
    app.run()
    app.views()
    app.folders()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        main(sys.argv[1])
    except IndexError:
        print "Must enter an app name."