Mastering Flask Web Development - Second Edition

This is the code repository for Mastering Flask Web Development - Second Edition, published by Packt.

Build enterprise-grade, scalable Python web applications

What is this book about?

Flask is a popular Python framework known for its lightweight and modular design. Mastering Flask Web Development will take you on a complete tour of the Flask environment and teach you how to build a production-ready application.

This book covers the following exciting features:

• Develop a Flask extension using best practices
• Implement various authentication methods: LDAP, JWT, Database, OAuth, and OpenID
• Learn how to develop role-based access security and become an expert on Jinja2 templates
• Build tests for your applications and APIs
• Install and configure a distributed task queue using Celery and RabbitMQ

If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!

Instructions and Navigations

All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.

The code will look like the following:

from flask import g
....
# Set some key with some value on a request context
g.some_key = "some_value"
# Get a key
v = g.some_key
# Get and remove a key
v = g.pop('some_key', "default_if_not_present")

Following is what you need for this book: The ideal target audience for this book would be Python developers who want to use Flask and its advanced features to create Enterprise grade and lightweight applications. The book is for those who have some exposure of Flask and want to take it from introductory to master level.

With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-13).

Software and Hardware List

Related products

• Python Testing Cookbook - Second Edition [Packt] [Amazon]

• Building Django 2.0 Web Applications [Packt] [Amazon]

Get to Know the Author

Daniel Gaspar is a programmer and DevOps engineer with more than 20 years' experience. He has worked in a wide range of sectors, including government and finance. He is currently working at Miniclip (the global leader in digital games). He uses a wide range of tools in his daily work, but Flask caught his attention because of its excellently designed API and simplicity. Daniel is an OSS and Python enthusiast, and has developed a widely used extension/framework named Flask-AppBuilder, used by Airbnb on Superset and AirFlow.

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