This is the code repository for Flask Framework Cookbook - Third Edition, published by Packt.
Enhance your Flask skills with advanced techniques and build dynamic, responsive web applications
Discover what makes Flask, the lightweight Python web framework, popular, as you delve into its modular design that enables the development of scalable web apps. With this practical guide, you'll explore modern solutions, recommended design patterns, and best practices for Flask web development.
This book covers the following exciting features:
- Explore advanced templating and data modeling techniques
- Discover effective debugging, logging, and error-handling techniques in Flask
- Work with different types of databases, including RDBMS and NoSQL
- Integrate Flask with different technologies such as Redis, Sentry, and Datadog
- Deploy and package Flask applications with Docker and Kubernetes
- Integrate GPT with your Flask application to build future-ready platforms
- Implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) to ensure efficient and consistent updates to your Flask web applications
If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!
All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.
The code will look like the following:
PRODUCTS = {
'iphone': {
'name': 'iPhone 5S',
'category': 'Phones',
'price': 699,
},
Following is what you need for this book: If you are a web developer seeking to expand your knowledge of developing scalable and production-ready applications in Flask, this is the book for you. It is also highly valuable if you are already aware of Flask's major extensions and want to leverage them for better application development. This book will come handy as a quick reference for specific topic on Flask, its popular extensions, or specific use cases. It assumes basic Python programming experience, as well as familiarity with web development and related terminology.
With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-14).
| Chapter | Software/Hardware required | OS required |
|---|---|---|
| 1-14 | Python 3.11.x | Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux |
| 1-14 | Flask 2.2.x | Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux |
We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.
Shalabh Aggarwal has more than 13 years' experience in developing and managing enterprise systems, as well as web and mobile applications for small-to large-scale industries. He started his career working on Python, and although he now works on multiple technologies, he remains a Python developer at heart. He is passionate about open source technologies and writes highly readable and quality code. He is a seasoned engineering leader who loves building engineering teams and products from scratch across multiple domains while leveraging different technologies. He is also active in voluntary training for engineering students on non-conventional and open source topics. When not working with full-time assignments, he consults for start-ups on leveraging different technologies. When not writing code, he writes technical and non-technical literature, which is published across multiple blogs.