python -m venv .venv ..venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

Set these variables in .env:

SECRET_KEY=dev-change-me MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string

MongoDB ORM (MongoEngine) usage:

from app import db import datetime

class Employee(db.Document): meta = {"collection": "employees"} name = db.StringField(required=True) email = db.EmailField(required=True, unique=True) created_at = db.DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.utcnow)