# Quickstart

## Hello World

A very simple app that simply returns a response containing `hello` is, (file `hello-world.py`)

    from quart import Quart

    app = Quart(__name__)

    @app.route('/')
    async def hello():
        return 'hello'

    app.run()

and is simply run via

    python hello-world.py

or alternatively

    $ export QUART_APP=hello-world:app
    $ quart run

and tested by

    curl localhost:5000

## See also

Cheatsheet