English | 2016 | ISBN: 978-1785286933 | 276 Pages | PDF, EPUB | 12 MB
Unleash the full potential of the Flask web framework by creating simple yet powerful web applications
This book will take you on a journey from learning about web development using Flask to building fully functional web applications. In the first major project, we develop a dynamic Headlines application that displays the latest news headlines along with up-to-date currency and weather information. In project two, we build a Crime Map application that is backed by a MySQL database, allowing users to submit information on and the location of crimes in order to plot danger zones and other crime trends within an area. In the final project, we combine Flask with more modern technologies, such as Twitter’s Bootstrap and the NoSQL database MongoDB, to create a Waiter Caller application that allows restaurant patrons to easily call a waiter to their table. This pragmatic tutorial will keep you engaged as you learn the crux of Flask by working on challenging real-world applications.
What You Will Learn
- Build three web applications from the ground up using the powerful Python micro framework, Flask.
- Dynamically display data to your viewers, based on their requests
- Store user and static data in SQL and NoSQL databases and use this data to power your web applications
- Create a good user experience by combining HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Harness the convenience of freely available APIs, including OpenWeatherMap, Open Exchange Rates, and bitly
- Extend your applications to build advanced functionality, such as a user account control system using Flask-Login
- Learn about web application security and defend against common attacks, such as SQL injection and XSS
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