Flask Training Overview
Accelebrate's Flask Training: Developing Web Applications with Flask course teaches Python developers to create professional web applications with the Flask microframework.
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
- Create complete Flask applications
- Work with session data
- Design Jinja templates using inheritance
- Integrate a SQLite database
- Test and debug Flask applications
Prerequisites
All attendees must have basic Python programming skills and an understanding of HTML fundamentals.
Outline
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Introduction
An 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
- Using templates
- Deploying the application
Simple Views
- HTTP Methods
- Returning content
- Templates and variables
Organizing the Application
- Configuring routes
- Static files
- Configuration
- Context locals
- Sessions
Integrating a SQLite 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
Conclusion
Training Materials
All attendees receive comprehensive courseware and a textbook.
Software Requirements
- Any Windows, Linux, or macOS operating system
- Python 3.x installed (Anaconda bundle recommended)
- The Flask Library
- A text editor or IDE (PyCharm Community Edition recommended)
