Flask Basics Course (How To)

Welcome to Flask

If we're going to use Flask, we need to learn about what makes it tick and how to set up a basic app with some routes. There's a lot to this little framework that could, so we'll take it slow and work our way through the nitty gritty.

• Introduction

  1:13

• First Steps

  5:58

• Create an app

  2 objectives

• Create a view

  1 objective

• Request Variables

  2:58

• Request args

  1 objective

• Request

  3 questions

• Clean URL Arguments

  5:36

• View Args Through URL

  3 objectives

• The Adder

  1:33

• Multiply View

  5 objectives

Templates and Static Files

Most web apps need to send HTML back to the browser, and ours is no exception. Let's see how to render templates, take advantage of template inheritance, and use static files to make our templates look nicer.

• Flat HTML

  8:34

• Simple Template

  3 objectives

• Template Inheritance

  7:48

• Template Inheritance

  6 objectives

• Static Files

  4:14

• Templates & Static Files

  5 questions

Character Builder

Now that we know the nuts and bolts of Flask, let's build a fun single-page web app that'll let us create our own bear images.

• Forms

  6:51

• Forms

  3 questions

• Cookies

  7:27

• Cookies

  4 questions

• Set a Cookie

  3 objectives

• Starting the Builder

  6:02

• Create a JSON String

  2 objectives

• Parse a JSON string

  1 objective

• Items

  6:27

• Looping Through Items

  1 objective

• Drawing the Bear

  4:32

• Loop Nested Items

  2 objectives

• Flash Messages

  5:28

• Flash a Message

  3 objectives

• Outro

  0:26

• Review: Flask Basics

  8 questions