Full Stack Web Development with Flask

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Creating and running a simple Flask app
• Creating a Flask project
• Working with templates
• Setting up and connecting to a database
• Working with Flask-Security
• Creating and testing REST APIs with Postman

Syllabus:

1. Setup

• Setting up the virtual environment and framework
• Installing Python and Flask
• Configuring Flask
• Creating and running a simple Flask application
   

2. Creating a Flask Project

• Creating the enrollment application
• Running and configuring the development server
• Creating the homepage
• Creating navigation links and route patterns
   

3. Working with Templates

• Creating the base template
• Creating child templates
• Passing data to the view
• Accessing data via request and response objects
• URL variables
• Working with the GET method
• Working with the POST method
• Sending a JSON response
   

4. Working with Databases

• Installing database systems
• Setting up the database
• Connecting to the database
• Creating documents and data
• Creating the data models
   

5. Working with Web Forms and Flask-Security

• Installation and configuration
• Creating the login and registration pages
• Updating the login route and login template
• Flashing messages
• Updating login route to interact with database
• Updating registration route to interact with database
• Creating the courses page
• Creating the enrollment page
• Updating the enrollment template
• Creating the MongoDB aggregation pipeline
• Adding the aggregation pipeline to application
• Creating sessions and authentication
• Setting up the session for logout and enrollment routes
• Updating the navigation and testing the session
• Adding the welcome message to layout
   

6. Creating and Testing REST APIs Using Postman

• Installing Postman and the Flask-RESTPlus APIs extension
• Fetching data using GET
• Inserting data using POST
• Updating data using PUT
• Deleting data using DELETE