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Getting Started With Flask

Published on February 22, 2021 · Updated on March 17, 2021
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By Mason Egger

Developer Advocate

Getting Started With Flask

Video

About the Talk

Flask — a, free, open-source Python web application framework — is one of the best ways to build applications. It is a micro framework, meaning your entire application can fit inside a single Python source file.

What You’ll Learn

  • How to use Flask to start an app
  • How Flask routes traffic to different endpoints
  • How Flask uses templates to create web pages

This Talk Is Designed For

Developers who want to build web applications using Python.

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of Python.

Resources

Flask documentation

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About the authors
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Developer Advocate

Mason is currently a Sr. Developer Advocate at DigitalOcean who specializes in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and Python.

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