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Author Copperwaite, Matt, author

Title Learning Flask framework : build dynamic, data-driven websites and modern web applications with Flask / Matt Copperwaite, Charles Leifer
Published Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Series Community experience distilled
Community experience distilled.
Contents Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Creating your First Flask Application; What is Flask?; With great freedom comes great responsibility; Setting up a development environment; Supporting Python 3; Installing Python packages; Installing pip; Installing virtualenv; Why use virtualenv?; Installing virtualenv with pip; Creating your first Flask app; Installing Flask in your virtualenv; Hello, Flask!; Understanding the code; Routes and requests; Reading values from the request; Debugging Flask applications
Introducing the blog projectThe spec; Creating the blog project; A barebones Flask app; Zooming out; The import flow; Summary; Chapter 2: Relational Databases with SQLAlchemy; Why use a relational database?; Introducing SQLAlchemy; Installing SQLAlchemy; Using SQLAlchemy in our Flask app; Choosing a database engine; Connecting to the database; Creating the Entry model; Creating the Entry table; Working with the Entry model; Making changes to an existing entry; Deleting an entry; Retrieving blog entries; Filtering the list of entries; Special lookups; Combining expressions; Negation
Operator precedenceBuilding a tagging system; Adding and removing tags from entries; Using backrefs; Making changes to the schema; Adding Flask-Migrate to our project; Creating the initial migration; Adding a status column; Summary; Chapter 3: Templates and Views; Introducing Jinja2; Basic template operations; Loops, control structures, and template programming; Jinja2 built-in filters; Creating a base template for the blog; Creating a URL scheme; Defining the URL routes; Building the index view; Building the detail view; Listing entries matching a given tag; Listing all the tags
Full-text searchAdding pagination links; Enhancing the blog app; Summary; Chapter 4: Forms and Validation; Getting started with WTForms; Defining a form for the Entry model; A form with a view; The create.html template; Handling form submissions; Validating input and displaying error messages; Editing existing entries; The edit.html template; Deleting entries; Cleaning up; Using flash messages; Displaying flash messages in the template; Saving and modifying tags on posts; Image uploads; Processing file uploads; The image upload template; Serving static files; Summary
Chapter 5: Authenticating UsersCreating a user model; Installing Flask-Login; Implementing the Flask-Login interface; Creating user objects; Login and logout views; The login template; Logging out; Accessing the current user; Restricting access to views; Storing an entry's author; Setting the author on blog entries; Protecting the edit and delete views; Displaying a user's drafts; Sessions; Summary; Chapter 6: Building an Administrative Dashboard; Installing Flask-Admin; Adding Flask-Admin to our app; Exposing models through the Admin; Customizing the list views
Notes Includes index
Description based on online resource; title from cover (Safari, viewed December 14, 2015)
Subject Web applications -- Development
Web site development.
Python (Computer program language)
Python (Computer program language)
Web site development
Form Electronic book
Author Leifer, Charles, author
ISBN 9781783983377
178398337X
1783983361
9781783983360
Other Titles Build dynamic, data-driven websites and modern web applications with Flask