Use Docker for local development environment

- Update README and CLAUDE.md with Docker-based dev workflow
- Add Dockerfile for containerized deployment
- Add gunicorn to requirements.txt
- Dev uses volume mount for live code reloading

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CLAUDE.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Kebuu is a spending tracker web app built with Flask. Currently in early develop
 - **Backend**: Flask 3.0, SQLAlchemy, Flask-Login
 - **Auth**: bcrypt password hashing, Altcha CAPTCHA (self-hosted)
 - **Forms**: Flask-WTF with CSRF protection
-- **Server**: Gunicorn (production), Flask dev server (local)
+- **Server**: Docker + Gunicorn (dev and prod)
 - **Database**: SQLite (dev), PostgreSQL (prod)
 
 ## Directory Structure
@@ -42,23 +42,24 @@ src/
 
 ## Commands
 
-### Local Development
-```bash
-cd src
-pip install -r requirements.txt
-python app.py
-```
-
-### Docker
+### Build
 ```bash
 docker build -t kebuu .
+```
+
+### Development
+```bash
+docker run -p 5000:5000 --env-file .env.dev -v $(pwd)/src:/app kebuu
+```
+
+### Production
+```bash
 docker run -p 5000:5000 --env-file .env.prod kebuu
 ```
 
 ### Testing
 ```bash
-cd src
-python -m unittest discover
+docker run --env-file .env.dev kebuu python -m unittest discover
 ```
 
 ## Environment Variables

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    gcc \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Copy requirements first for better caching
+COPY src/requirements.txt .
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy application code
+COPY src/ .
+
+# Create non-root user for security
+RUN useradd --create-home appuser && chown -R appuser:appuser /app
+USER appuser
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+# Default to production; override with --env-file at runtime
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:5000", "app:create_app()"]

README.md

@@ -4,14 +4,7 @@ A spending tracker web application built with Flask.
 
 ## Setup
 
-### 1. Install Dependencies
-
-```bash
-cd src
-pip install -r requirements.txt
-```
-
-### 2. Create Environment Files
+### 1. Create Environment Files
 
 Copy the example file and configure for your environment:
 
@@ -33,17 +26,22 @@ Generate secure keys with:
 python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(32))"
 ```
 
+### 2. Build Docker Image
+
+```bash
+docker build -t kebuu .
+```
+
 ### 3. Run the Application
 
 **Development:**
 ```bash
-cd src
-python app.py
+docker run -p 5000:5000 --env-file .env.dev -v $(pwd)/src:/app kebuu
 ```
+The volume mount (`-v`) enables live code reloading during development.
 
-**Production (Docker):**
+**Production:**
 ```bash
-docker build -t kebuu .
 docker run -p 5000:5000 --env-file .env.prod kebuu
 ```
 

src/requirements.txt

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ bcrypt==4.1.2
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
 email-validator==2.1.0
 altcha==0.1.2
+gunicorn==21.2.0