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Flask Basics

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Introduction

1:13 with Kenneth Love

Flask is a great Python microframework that can make building web sites and applications much faster. It offers some handy and reliable shortcuts and tools that'll make your web development life a lot easier.

Flask's official site

If you want to install Flask locally, I suggest using a virtualenv. You'll then want to do pip install flask. If you need more information on pip and local Python, check out the following two workshops: Setting Up A Local Python Environment in Windows or Setting Up a Local Python Environment in Mac OS X.

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    [MUSIC] 0:00
    Hi, I'm Kenneth. 0:05
    I know a lot of you are really interested in doing web development with Python. 0:06
    It just so happens that's where most of my Python experience is, 0:09
    so this should be a match made in heaven. 0:13
    Before we jump into bigger frameworks like Django or 0:15
    Pyramid, we should get comfortable with their smaller cousin, Flask. 0:18
    Flask is a great little framework for building simpler web apps and 0:22
    prototypes in Python. 0:25
    It actually started out as an April Fool's joke by Armin Ronacher back in 2010. 0:26
    People were so in love with the tools that Armin's code gave them that he had to 0:30
    build and release a real framework. 0:33
    I doubt he'll ever do another April Fool's joke. 0:36
    Just because it started as a joke doesn't mean it's not a serious framework. 0:38
    Also, I keep using that word, framework. 0:42
    A framework is a collection of code that makes building something easier. 0:45
    In this case, Flask is a framework that makes building web apps simpler. 0:48
    Flask is solid and very capable, and has a very active and 0:54
    vibrant community built around it. 0:57
    Using Flask, some plugins, and 0:59
    of course, standard Python, you should be able to build anything you want. 1:00
    [BLANK_AUDIO] 1:03
    If you're following along locally, you'll need to install Flask with pip. 1:05
    Flask is preinstalled on Workspaces, so I'll be using that for the entire course. 1:07

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