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FlaskPythonREST API

Flask

Flask is a minimal Python framework that gives you full control. Learn to build REST APIs, web apps, and microservices with one of Python's most popular frameworks.

10 chapters·Beginner–Intermediate·Python·Free forever
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Course by Nelson Njihia
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Course Contents

  1. 01What is Flask?
  2. 02Setup & First App
  3. 03Routing & URL Parameters
  4. 04Jinja2 Templates
  5. 05Request & Response
  6. 06Static Files
  7. 07Forms & User Input
  8. 08Database with SQLAlchemy
  9. 09Blueprints & App Structure
  10. 10Project: URL Shortener API

What you'll learn

✓What Flask is and how it differs from Django
✓Routing and URL parameters in Flask
✓Jinja2 templating and template inheritance
✓Handling forms and request data
✓Connecting a SQLite database with SQLAlchemy
✓Organising a Flask app with Blueprints

Requirements

  • —Python fundamentals (the Python Basics course)
  • —Python 3 and pip installed