HackAtUCI / learn-flask-2-template

learn-flask-with-hack template

Introduction

Flask is a simple but powerful Python web framework. In this workshop, we'll be making an app that reads from a MongoDB database and displays the contents, with an add function that allows users to add more entries to display.

Prerequisites

• Install Python
• Install Pip
• Run "pip install -r requirements.txt" in the command line

Key Learning Points

1. Defining routes and navigating between routes
2. Jinjas2 templating for injecting data into html pages
3. Processing data from forms in the backend

Finished Project

• https://github.com/hackuci/learn-flask-2-template/tree/finished_project

Additional Resources

• Flask Documentation: http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/1.0/
• Jinja2 Documentation: http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/2.10/
• Extra tutorial: https://codeburst.io/web-development-back-end-with-flask-part-1-be8ecfa22abd