Flask Web Framework

Course Summary

Learn how to quickly and efficiently build scalable web applications and web services using the Flask Microframework. By the end of this Python + Flask tutorial series, you’ll be ready for Python developer jobs with the ability to build full-stack software applications from scratch. Learn to use Jinja2 and Bootstrap, Flask-SQLAlchemy, RESTful APIs, deployment on Heroku, and more.

21 Sections · 147 Pages · By Brandon Gigous

  • Level

    Intermediate to Advanced

  • Duration

    225 Hours. Or, ~3 months of dedicated learning @ 15-20 hours per week

  • What's included

    79 Lessons. 19 Videos. 15 Quizzes. 1 Course Project. 1 Capstone Project.

  • Certificate

    Flask Web Framework Certificate

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This course is part of the following career track:

  1. 1) Introduction

    1. About the Flask Web Framework Course
      9 min

  2. 2) What exactly is Flask?

    1. The Basics
    2. What is the Flask Microframework?
      7 min
    3. Quiz: Flask Basics
    4. Feedback: Python Flask Basics

  3. 3) Example Flask App

    1. An Example Flask App: Microblog
      6 min
    2. Build and Run Your First Flask App
      3 min
    3. Feedback: Example Flask App

  4. 4) Flask Installation & Setup

    1. Machine Setup
    2. Using Flask on Different Operating Systems
      6 min
    3. Setup Your Editor: VS Code
      3 min
    4. Download the Flask Labs
      3 min
    5. Flask Setup
    6. Install Python and Setup a Virtual Environment for Flask
      3 min
    7. Install Flask Framework
      3 min
    8. Quiz: Flask Setup
    9. Feedback: Flask Installation and Setup

  5. 5) Build Your First Flask Apps

    1. Flask Hello World App
    2. How to Build a Flask Hello World App
      13 min
    3. Flask URLs and Routes
    4. What are URLs and Routes?
      11 min
    5. Quiz: Running Flask and Routes
    6. Assignments
    7. Lab: Make Your Own Routes
      3 min
    8. Lab: Dynamic Routes in Python Flask
      3 min
    9. Lab: Build Your First Flask App
      3 min
    10. Feedback: Your First Flask App

  6. 6) Flask Templates, Jinja, and You

    1. Tools for Flask Templates
    2. How to Use the Jinja Template Engine
      33 min
    3. Video: What Are Jinja Templates in Flask?
      5 min
    4. Video: Variables, Conditional Rendering & Loops in Jinja
      4 min
    5. Video: Jinja Template Control Structures
      4 min
    6. Video: Template Inheritance in Jinja
      7 min
    7. How to Use Flask-Bootstrap in Your Flask and Jinja Project
      10 min
    8. Video: Using Bootstrap with Flask and Jinja
      4 min
    9. Quiz: Flask Templates
    10. Assignments
    11. Lab: Remake Your Index Page
      3 min
    12. Lab: Flask Templates
      3 min
    13. Feedback: Templates

  7. 7) Handling HTTP Errors

    1. Handling HTTP Errors with Flask
      13 min
    2. Video: HTTP Error Handling in Flask
      4 min
    3. Quiz: Error Handling
    4. Feedback: Flask Error Handling

  8. 8) Making Forms with Flask-WTF

    1. Handling Web Forms with Flask-WTF
      46 min
    2. Video: Making Forms
      4 min
    3. Video: Processing Forms
      6 min
    4. Quiz: Forms
    5. Exercise: Create an Interactive Date of Birth Form
      3 min
    6. Feedback: Forms

  9. 9) Database Management using Flask-SQLAlchemy

    1. SQL Fundamentals Course
    2. Flask-SQLAlchemy
    3. Using Flask SQLAlchemy
      13 min
    4. Video: Install and Configure Flask-SQLAlchemy
      4 min
    5. Messing with Models
    6. Create Models and Relationships with Flask-SQLAlchemy
      14 min
    7. Querying the Database with Flask-SQLALchemy and the Flask Shell
      24 min
    8. Video: Interacting with the Database from a Flask Shell Session
      5 min
    9. Incorporating Database Ops into Views
    10. Running a Flask SQLAlchemy Query in Jinja Template Views
      8 min
    11. Video: Database Operations in a View Function
      3 min
    12. Lab: Adding Relationships
      3 min
    13. Flask-Migrate
    14. Database Migration with Flask-Migrate
      11 min
    15. Video: Performing a Database Migration with Flask-Migrate
      4 min
    16. Video: Upgrade and Downgrade your Database with Flask-Migrate
      2 min
    17. Quiz: Database Management
    18. Feedback: Database Management with Flask-SQLAlchemy

  10. 10) Scaling Up: Configs, Application Factory, and Blueprints

    1. Part 1: Flask App Configuration & Project Structure
      13 min
    2. Video: Flask Project Structuring for Optimization and Scaling
      2 min
    3. Video: Create a Configuration File for Your Flask App
      2 min
    4. Part 2: Flask Application Factories
      13 min
    5. Video: Application Factory
      3 min
    6. Part 3: Flask Blueprints & Tying it all Together
      27 min
    7. Video: Blueprints
      5 min
    8. Assignments
    9. Quiz: Configs
    10. Lab: Flask Configs
      3 min
    11. Feedback: Configs

  11. 11) Introduction To Testing Your App

    1. Unit Testing
    2. Review: Python 301 Testing
    3. Quick Recap of Python Unit Testing
      7 min
    4. Testing Your Flask App
    5. Set Up Pytest for Your Flask Project
      19 min
    6. Using Pytest Fixtures to Test Your Flask App
      16 min

  12. 12) Users and User Authentication

    1. Feeling More Secure with Flask
    2. Flask Security with Hashed Passwords
      13 min
    3. Video: Password Hashing in Flask
      3 min
    4. Login Functionality
    5. Make a Flask Authentication Blueprint
      3 min
    6. Using Flask-Login
      14 min
    7. Video: Flask-Login and Login Manager
      5 min
    8. Lab: Create a Login Form
      3 min
    9. Flask-Login in Action
      12 min
    10. Registration
    11. Create a User Registration Form
      6 min
    12. Lab: Create the Registration View Function
      3 min
    13. Assignments
    14. Quiz: User Authentication
    15. Lab: Password Security and Flask-Login
      3 min
    16. Feedback: Flask User Authentication

  13. 13) Sending Emails & Email Verification

    1. Configuring Flask to Send Emails
    2. Set Up a Test Gmail Account
      8 min
    3. Sending Emails with Python + Flask-Mail
      20 min
    4. Email Verification
    5. Generate Email Confirmation Tokens and Confirm Users with Flask
      28 min
    6. Video: Tokens and Confirmation Emails
      6 min
    7. The Need For Speed
    8. Send Email Asynchronously in a Flask App
      5 min
    9. Quiz: Email and Verification
    10. Feedback: Email and Verification

  14. 14) User Roles

    1. Flask User Permissions and Roles
      16 min
    2. Video: Adding User Permissions to Roles
      4 min
    3. Assign and Verify User Roles in Flask
      12 min
    4. Video: Managing User Roles for Authorization
      5 min
    5. Feedback: User Roles

  15. 15) User Profiles

    1. Add User Profile Information
      13 min
    2. Add a Profile Editor
      9 min
    3. Add User Avatars
      12 min
    4. Feedback: User Profiles

  16. 16) Representing Content

    1. What is "Content"?
    2. Support Content Creation in Your Flask App
      12 min
    3. Lab: Make a Composition Index Page
      6 min
    4. Creating and Navigating Content
    5. Generating Fake Data with Python Faker
      14 min
    6. Video: Python Faker
      5 min
    7. Create a Flask Pagination Widget
      17 min
    8. Video: Create a Pagination Widget
      5 min
    9. Sanitizing HTML in Jinja and Flask
      16 min
    10. Making Content Permanent
    11. Create Permanent Links - aka Permalinks
      9 min
    12. Video: Creating Permanent Links
      3 min
    13. Enable User Content Editing
      3 min
    14. Assignments
    15. Quiz: Representing Content
    16. Labs: Mock Data and Pagination
      3 min
    17. Feedback: Representing Content

  17. 17) Revisiting Relationships in the Database

    1. Following and Showing Relationships
    2. Implementing User Following
      30 min
    3. Video: Association Table in SQLAlchemy
      6 min
    4. Joining Database Tables
    5. Flask-SQLAlchemy Joins to Show Followed Users' Posts
      20 min
    6. Video: Database Joins with SQLAlchemy
      4 min
    7. Assignments
    8. Quiz: Followers and Following
    9. Labs: Many-to-Many Relationships and Joins
      3 min
    10. Feedback: Revisiting Relationships in the Database

  18. 18) Going RESTful: Build an API

    1. Background Assignment
    2. API Review
    3. Lab: Create an API Blueprint for Your Flask App
      5 min
    4. Authentication
    5. Error Handling in Your Flask API
      4 min
    6. Flask User Authentication for APIs
      15 min
    7. Video: Basic API HTTP Authentication
      4 min
    8. Video: Token Based Authentication with Fkask-HTTPAuth
      3 min
    9. Serializing Resources
    10. JSON Serialization for Your Flask API
      10 min
    11. Video: Serialize API Resources
      4 min
    12. Create API Resource Endpoints
      8 min
    13. Video: Using Serialization in API Endpoints
      4 min
    14. Assignments
    15. Quiz: APIs in Flask
    16. Feedback: APIs in Flask

  19. 19) Deploying Your App On The Internet

    1. Deployment Background
    2. Introduction to Flask Deployment
      24 min
    3. Quiz: Flask Deployment
    4. Deployment on Heroku
    5. Part 1: Setup for Flask Deployment on Heroku
      14 min
    6. Part 2: Configuration for Deployment on Heroku
      21 min
    7. Part 3: Using Git & Debugging Your Deployment on Heroku
      11 min
    8. Quiz: Heroku Deployment
    9. Feedback: Deployment

  20. 20) Capstone Project

    1. Flask Capstone Project Overview
      9 min
    2. Flask Capstone Checklist
      6 min
    3. Share Your Project
    4. Feedback: Capstone Project

  21. 21) Next Steps & Certificate Request

    1. Congratulations!
      3 min
    2. More Flask Tutorials
      3 min
    3. How to Apply Your Flask Skills
      10 min
    4. What to Learn Next
      4 min
    5. Feedback: Flask Web Development Course
    6. Request Flask Course Certificate