This was motivated by an idea from the Open Knowledge Foundation:
https://github.com/okfn/ideas/issues/59It is built with Flask & Backbone/Require. Source is available here: https://github.com/joehand/DataNews/
I mostly built it as a learning opportunity. It is my first major Flask app. I would definitely recommend this type of app as a great learning opportunity once you have a handle on the basics. There is enough complexity to make you think but not too much that its overwhelming.
