Flask Web Development

US: O'Reilly Media, 2014. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Take full creative control of your web applications with Flask, the Python- based microframework. With this hands-on book, you'll learn Flask from the ground up by developing a complete social blogging application step-by-step . Author Miguel Grinberg walks you through the framework's core functionali ty, and shows you how to extend applications with advanced web techniques s uch as database migration and web service communication. Rather than impose development guidelines as other frameworks do, Flask lea ves the business of extensions up to you. If you have Python experience, th is book shows you how to take advantage of that creative freedom. Learn Flask's basic application structure and write an example app Work with must-have components--templates, databases, web forms, and email support Use packages and modules to structure a large application that scales Implement user authentication, roles, and profiles Build a blogging feature by reusing templates, paginating item lists, and w orking with rich text Use a Flask-based RESTful API to expose app functionality to smartphones, t ablets, and other third-party clients Learn how to run unit tests and enhance application performance Explore options for deploying your web app to a production server.