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Set default `static_assets` path to the same dir as the file
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Description
App() takes a configurable static_assets path, but the default is None, which meant that I seemed to be littering my code with Path(__file__).parent / filename after being surprised that a file wasn't found. How about making the default be Path(__file__).parent?
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Locate the App() definition and the existing handling of its configurable static_assets path. Check the related tests, then verify that the default resolves relative to the file as requested and that explicit static_assets values still work.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100