Project structure
After you run the Positron installation script, (hopefully) you'll find some files and directories in your project folder.
- env/
- This is a virtual environment that contains all the necessary dependencies for your application. You can activate it by running
source env/bin/activateon Unix-like systems orenv\Scripts\activateon Windows. - icons/
- This is where you can put your icons in different sizes to be used as the Flatpak application icon.
- profile/
- This one is a Firefox profile, configured to make your application look like a desktop application. You can customize it using CSS as you wish.
- static/
- Quart serves static files from this folder. You can put everything here, even your Python scripts if that makes sense for you.
- templates/
- This is where you can put your HTML templates. Jinja2 is used to render them, so you can use all its features.
- wheels/
- This is where the wheel package is stored after running the build script. It is used to create the Flatpak application for the correct Python version.
- app.py
- This is the main Python script that the web server runs. You can put your main logic and routes here.
- Dockerfile
- This Dockerfile gathers necessary dependencies with the correct Python version that is supported by the org.freedesktop.Platform runtime on Flatpak. It builds a wheel package and creates an archive that can be used in the build process.
- manifest.yml
- This is the manifest file that Flatpak-builder uses to build the application. You can customize it as you wish.
- org.flatpak.positron.desktop
- This is the desktop file that Flatpak uses to create the application shortcut. You can customize it as you wish.
- org.flatpak.positron.sh
- This is the script that Flatpak uses to run the application. You can customize it as you wish.
- requirements.txt
- This is where you can put your Python dependencies. The installation script will install them for you.