Flask: Develop Web Applications in Python

Course Overview

This project-based course is a detailed guide to web application development using the increasingly popular Flask framework. Flask is known for being simple, lightweight and having a small learning curve. If you've got some experience in Python, picking up Flask will be a breeze. It's... See More

How You'll Learn

Hands-on coding environments

You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.

Faster than videos

Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.

No set-up required

Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.

Progress you can show

Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.

Hands-on coding environments

You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.

Faster than videos

Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.

No set-up required

Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.

Progress you can show

Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.

Course Contents

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1. Before Getting Started

Who is This Course For?

Learning Outcomes

2. Introduction to Flask

What is Flask?

Who is Using Flask?

The Client-Server Architectural Model

Model-Template-View Architecture

WSGI and Jinja2

Quiz

3. First Flask Application

Hello World!

URL Routes and Views

Dynamic Routing

Project Challenge: Paws Rescue Center

Solution: Paws Rescue Center

Quiz

4. Static Templates

How Do We Use HTML Templates?

Project Challenge: HTML Using Strings

Solution: HTML Using Strings

Project Challenge: Separate HTML Templates

Solution: Separate HTML Templates

Quiz

5. Static Files

How Do We Serve Static Files?

Project Challenge: Using Static Files

Solution: Using Static Files

Quiz

6. Dynamic Templates

Jinja2 Templates

Variables

Control Flow

Template Inheritance

Project Challenge: For Loop in Jinja

Solution: For Loop in Jinja

Project Challenge: Create Dynamic Route for Pet Details

Solution: Create a Dynamic Route for Pet Details

Project Challenge: Template Inheritance

Solution: Template Inheritance

7. Form Handling

Introduction to Forms and Requests

Data Handling Using the Request Object

Creating Forms using Flask-WTF and WTForms

Rendering Flask-WTF forms in templates

Form Validation and Data and Error Handling with Flask-WTF

Project Challenge: Rendering a Sign-Up Form and Navbar

Solution: Rendering a Sign-Up Form and Navbar

Project Challenge: Sign-Up Form Data Handling

Solution: Sign-Up Form Data Handling

Project Challenge: Create a Login and Logout Mechanism

Solution: Create a Login and Logout Mechanism

8. Database

Database Connection using SQLAlchemy

Getting Started with Models

The One-to-Many Relationship

The One-to-One Relationship

The Many-to-Many Relationship

Project Challenge: Create User and Pet Models

Solution: Create User and Pet Models

Project Challenge: Create a One-to-Many Relationship

Solution: Create a One-to-Many Relationship

9. Operations on Models

Insertion

Retrieval

Update & Delete

Project Challenge: Inserting Users in Sign-Up

Solution: Inserting Users into Sign-Up

Project Challenge: Retrieving a User at Login

Solution: Retrieving a User at Login

Project Challenge: Inserting Pets

Solution: Inserting Pets

Project Challenge: Retrieving Pets from the Home and Details Page

Solution: Retrieving Pets from the Home and Details Pages

Project Challenge: Updating and Deleting Pets

Solution: Updating and Deleting Pets

10. Conclusion

Overview

What's Next?