Env. Variables not set while running Minimal Flask application

Question

I am trying to follow the flask documentation on my windows machine given at the following link: http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.11/quickstart/#debug-mode

Firstly I wrote

Answer 1

I had the same issue on windows and found a solution from the flask documentation: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/tutorial/factory/

My file structure: Flask_folder>>app

(NB! app folder contains: __init_.py and routes.py)

> set FLASK_APP=app

> set FLASK_ENV=development

> flask run