Hello, World!

Beginners guide to Ask

Initial Project Setup

• Create a new folder.

• Create a new Python virtual environment:

  • $ python3 -m venv venv

• Activate it:

  • $ source venv/bin/activate

• Install Ask.

  • $ pip install ask-lang

Hello, World! In Ask.

• Create a file called hello_world.ask.

• Open it in your favourite text editor or IDE, and set the syntax language to Python.

• Then write the following in the file.

@get('/hello'):
    respond('Hello, World!')

Run the App

• Open your terminal in the project folder.

• Make sure that the virtual environment is activated and Ask is installed ($ ask -v).

• Run your app with:

  • $ ask hello_world.ask

• This will start a local server on port 5000.

• Open a browser and navigate to:

  • http://127.0.0.1:5000/hello

  • You should see the message "Hello, World!".

Congratulations! You have now created your first Ask app. You can now move on to the next section of this documentation.

Please let us know if you're facing any problems. We're happy to help!