Web Development using Flask Training

Curriculum:

Introduction The From Zero approach:

• What is back end development?
• Why use Python?

Setting up the Cloud9 Environment:

• Introduction to Cloud9
• A Closer Look at the C9 IDE
• Shell Command

Python Basics:

• The Python Shell
• Arithmetic Functions
• Variables
• Checking Types
• Variable Format and PEP8
• Strings
• Lists, Tuples and Dictionaries
• Date and Time
• Conditionals and Control Flow
• Loops
• Functions
• Classes and Objects
• Modules
• Parameters

Introduction to Flask:

• Our First Flask Workspace and Introduction to Virtualenv
• Installing Flask
• Specifying Python Path on Cloud9's Editor
• A Minimal Application
• Starting with Git
• Debugging
• Routing
• Using url_for
• The GET method
• The POST method
• Introduction to Templates
• The Login Template
• The Login Function
• Redirect After Post
• Flash Messages
• Better HTML
• Template Inheritance
• Calling Block Super
• Introduction to Cookies
• The Static Folder
• Introduction to Sessions
• Logging
• Introduction to MySQL
• Our First Table

Our First Flask application:

• Flask Blog Important: Use This Requirements.txt File!
• Introduction
• The Basic Structure
• Setting up the ORM
• The Author Model
• Interacting with the ORM
• The Base Template and Bootstrap
• Introduction to WTForms
• Handling Form Errors
• Template Macros
• The Blog Model and Form
• Blog Admin and Setup Templates
• Blog Creation Database
• Author Login
• Our First Decorator
• Introduction to Migrations
• More Secure Passwords
• Checking Is Author
• The Post and Category Models
• Post Migration and Testing
• Introduction to Markdown
• Blog Post Form
• Saving the Post to the Database
• The Article View
• List Articles View
• Creating a Footer
• Pagination
• Setting up Flask-Uploads
• Adding Images to Blog Posts
• Displaying the Image in the Article
• Deleting an Article
• Editing an Article

Unit Testing:

• Introduction to Unit Testing
• Create Blog Test
• User Tests

Final Project:

• Final Project
• Final Project Instructions

Bonus Section: Running Our Flask: Application with Docker

• Docker Introduction
• Docker Installation
• Running Docker
• Docker Images and Containers
• Interacting with the MySQL Container
• Preparing our Dockerfile
• Creating the Flask Blog Container
• Editing Files
• Setting up the Database
• Running the Application

Bonus Section: Deploying our Application to a Cloud Server:

• Introduction to Cloud Providers
• Create a Digital Ocean Account
• Root Privileges
• Public Key Authentication
• SSH Daemon
• Setting Up a Firewall
• Nginx and MariaDB Installation
• SCP Files
• Virtualenv and PIP
• The WSGI File
• Database Setting and Migration