Introduction to Flask | Developing Web Applications with Flask

Course Overview

Geared for experienced Python developers, Developing Web Applications with Flask is a hands-on Flask training course that provides students with the core skills required to create professional web applications with the Flask microframework.

This course is approximately 40% hands-on lab to 60% lecture ratio, combining expert lecture, real-world demonstrations and group discussions with machine-based practical labs and exercises. Our engaging instructors and mentors are highly experienced practitioners who bring years of current “on-the-job” experience into every classroom.

Key Learning Areas

Create complete Flask applications
Work with session data
Design Jinja templates using inheritance
Integrate a SQLite database
Test and debug Flask applications

Course Outline

Overview of Flask

Origins and purpose
Views, controllers, but no models
What Flask can and cannot do

Diving Right In

A simple application
Configuring routes
Defining view functions
Deploying the application

Simple Views

HTTP Methods
Returning content
Templates and variables

Organizing the Application

Configuring routes
Static files22
Configuration
Context locals
Sessions

Integrating a Database

The g (global) object
Creating a table
Inserting rows
Making queries
Walkthrough of minor changes necessary for integrating other databases (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, etc.)

Jinja Templates

The big picture
Simple syntax
Block statements
Loading and rendering
Inheritance
Advanced syntax
Filters and tests

HTTP Responses

String responses
Setting the status code
Getting the response object
Adding response headers

HTML Forms

Simple forms
Form submission
Retrieving user data
Re-submitting forms

Advanced Views

Redirects
Auto-escaping HTML
Message flashing
Built-in decorators

Error Handling

Handling an unrouted URL
Aborting a page view
Customizing the error page

Testing and Debugging

Using unittest
Simple tests
Accessing sessions
Mocking resources

Advanced Topics

Custom filters and tests
Class-based views
Support for JSON
Blueprints

Who Benefits

This introductory-level course is geared for experienced Python developers who want to use Python and Flask for web development projects. Attendees should have working experience with Python basics, as well as basic skills working with HTML5 and CSS3. JavaScript is not required.

Our Python tracks include a wide variety of follow-on courses and learning paths for leveraging Python for next-level web development, data science / machine learning, networking, task automation, security, and other topics.

Prerequisites

Attendees should have working experience with Python basics, as well as basic skills working with HTML5 and CSS3. JavaScript is not required.

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Atmosera can provide this course virtually or on-site. Please reach out to discuss your requirements.

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