diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 72364f99f..441a11ffd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -81,9 +81,14 @@ celerybeat-schedule
 # virtualenv
 venv/
 ENV/
+.venv/
 
 # Spyder project settings
 .spyderproject
 
 # Rope project settings
 .ropeproject
+
+# Visual Studio Code
+.vscode/
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f21465ef..8a2e9e91e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 page_type: sample
-description: "This is a minimal sample app that demonstrates how to run a Python Flask application on Azure App Service on Linux."
+description: "A minimal sample app that can be used to demonstrate deploying Flask apps to Azure App Service on Linux."
 languages:
 - python
 products:
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ products:
 
 # Python Flask sample for Azure App Service (Linux)
 
-This is a minimal sample app that demonstrates how to run a Python Flask application on Azure App Service on Linux.
+This is a minimal Flask app that can be deployed to Azure App Service on Linux.
 
-For more information, please see the [Python on App Service quickstart](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/containers/quickstart-python).
+For instructions on running and deploying the code, see [Quickstart: Create a Python app in Azure App Service on Linux](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/quickstart-python).
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/application.py b/app.py
similarity index 73%
rename from application.py
rename to app.py
index a86beaa6d..7f8a1f2e8 100644
--- a/application.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 @app.route("/")
 def hello():
-    return "Hello World!"
\ No newline at end of file
+    return "Hello, World!"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 404d3cf1f..e3e9a71d9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
-click==6.7
-Flask==1.0.2
-itsdangerous==0.24
-Jinja2==2.10
-MarkupSafe==1.0
-Werkzeug==0.14.1
\ No newline at end of file
+Flask