Learning Flask

Description

In this course, you will learn :

• Set up a development environment with all the necessary software to develop Flask apps.
• Create robust databases with PostgreSQL to safely store user data for your dynamic websites.
• Build an authentication and authorization system using Flask-Login and Flask-Oauth to protect your pages from improper access.
• Use Flask extensions such as Flask-Gravatar, Flask SSLify, and more to add a wide range of functionalities to your app.
• Integrate the Wikipedia API to build a location-based service.

Syllabus :

1. Setting Up the Environment

• Text Editor
• Command-line Interface
• Version Control
• Database
• Flask
• Heroku

 

2. Getting Started

• The Request-Response Cycle
• Creating a Home Page
• Making Templates
• Routing
• Using Static Files
• Saving to GitHub
• Deploying to Heroku
• Creating an About Page

 

3. Storing Data

• Creating the "users" Table
• Connecting Flask to Postgres
• Writing the User Model

 

4. Signing Up

• Installing Flask-WTF
• Creating a Form
• Rendering a Form
• Validating Form Data
• Saving a New User

 

5. Logging In and Logging Out

• Sessions
• Sign In
• Sign Out

 

6. Authorization/User Roles

• Authorization
• Protecting the Home Page
• Protecting the Signup and Login Pages

 

7. Bookmarking Places

• Adding a Form
• Querying for Places
• Rendering Places

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