config.py

import os


class BaseConfiguration(object):

    # Statement for enabling the development environment
    DEBUG = True

    BASE_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'app.db')
    SQLALCHEMY_MIGRATE_REPO = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db_repository')

    # Application threads. A common general assumption is
    # using 2 per available processor cores - to handle
    # incoming requests using one and performing background
    # operations using the other.
    THREADS_PER_PAGE = 2

    # Enable protection agains *Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF)*
    CSRF_ENABLED = True

    # Use a secure, unique and absolutely secret key for
    # signing the data.
    CSRF_SESSION_KEY = "secret"

    # Secret key for signing cookies
    SECRET_KEY = "secret"
    SQLALCHEMY_ECHO = True


class TestConfiguration(BaseConfiguration):
    TESTING = True
    WTF_CSRF_ENABLED = False
    DEBUG = False

    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///:memory:'  # + join(_cwd, 'testing.db')

    # Since we want our unit tests to run quickly
    # we turn this down - the hashing is still done
    # but the time-consuming part is left out.
    HASH_ROUNDS = 1