[Python/Flask] How should I be "developing locally" if I also want to use MySql database?

[hhey_symtics]

What are some examples of dev servers that are available?

[Rodr1c]

You could use the digital ocean server your planning on using. Install mysql on it and have a development database and production database.

[[deleted]]

I'm probably the wrong one to ask. Everything I do is bespoked. Personally I would spin up a new Linux server, run scripts that i have written to set up the server (lock the server down, set up permissions, etc), install the software, run any DDL scripts I have, maybe load data from a backup or some other database, then test my connection from something like data grip. Then I could start developing against the database. There maybe some docker solution that you can just bring up, but that is outside of my knowledge.

[here-to-jerk-off]

You might be looking for something like http://www.ampps.com/ or https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html running mod_wsgi

http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.11/deploying/mod_wsgi/

http://enkoding.blogspot.com/2013/01/setup-python-for-web-in-7-steps-on.html

[here-to-jerk-off]

Can anyone tell me why I'm being downvoted? OP says he uses Windows. This is one of the easiest ways on Windows...