From Zero to Flask: The Professional Way

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Roadmap and Requirements

Chapter 2: Your Development Environment

Lecture 1: Your Python Flask Development Environment

Lecture 2: Installing Python3 on Mac with Homebrew

Lecture 3: Installing Python3 on Windows 10 with Chocolatey

Lecture 4: The Cloud-based Python Development Environment

Lecture 5: Virtual Environments

Lecture 6: Windows and Mac Virtualenv Setup

Lecture 7: PythonAnywhere Virtualenv Setup

Lecture 8: Activation and Deactivation

Lecture 9: Installing Flask

Chapter 3: Say Hello World

Lecture 1: The Code Editor

Lecture 2: Hello World

Lecture 3: Running the Application (Windows and Mac)

Lecture 4: Running the Application (PythonAnywhere)

Lecture 5: Debugging our Application

Lecture 6: Debugging on Windows and Mac

Lecture 7: Debugging on PythonAnywhere

Lecture 8: The Debug Stack

Lecture 9: Routing

Lecture 10: Templates

Lecture 11: The url_for() Function

Lecture 12: The Static Folder

Lecture 13: Template inheritance

Lecture 14: Introduction to Forms

Lecture 15: Cookies and Sessions

Lecture 16: Configuration Management

Lecture 17: Python Dot Env for Windows and Mac

Lecture 18: Python Dot Env for PythonAnywhere

Chapter 4: Setting Up Our Database

Lecture 1: An Introduction to Databases

Lecture 2: Installing MySQL

Lecture 3: Installing MySQL on Mac with Homebrew

Lecture 4: Installing MySQL on Windows with Chocolatey

Lecture 5: Setting up MySQL on PythonAnywhere

Lecture 6: MVC and the Object Relational Mapper

Chapter 5: A Visitor Counter

Lecture 1: Our First Data Driven Application

Lecture 2: Initial Application Setup on Mac and Windows

Lecture 3: Initial Application Setup on PythonAnywhere

Lecture 4: Our Application Libraries

Lecture 5: The Environment Settings

Lecture 6: The Application Factory

Lecture 7: Building Modules with Blueprints

Lecture 8: Our First Blueprint

Lecture 9: The Counter Model

Lecture 10: An Introduction to Migrations

Lecture 11: Database Operations from the Shell

Lecture 12: The Page Views Counter Application

Lecture 13: Setting Up Our Test Infrastructure

Lecture 14: Our First Test

Chapter 6: Flogger: A Personal Blog Application

Lecture 1: Flogger, a Simple Flask Blog

Lecture 2: Initial Application Setup on Mac and Windows

Lecture 3: Initial Application Setup on PythonAnywhere

Lecture 4: Our Application Libraries

Lecture 5: The Core Application

Lecture 6: Setting up the Database

Lecture 7: Creating the Author App

Lecture 8: The Author Model

Lecture 9: The Author Model Migration

Lecture 10: Testing the Author Model in the Shell

Lecture 11: The Author Registration Form

Lecture 12: The Author Registration Template

Lecture 13: Author Form Validation

Lecture 14: A Better Looking Application

Lecture 15: Processing the Author Registration Form

Lecture 16: Checking the Record Creation on the Database

Lecture 17: Using PDB

Lecture 18: Custom Form Validators

Lecture 19: The Author Login

Lecture 20: Checking the Login Credentials in the Database

Lecture 21: Author Session

Lecture 22: Logging Out the Author

Lecture 23: Flash Messages

Lecture 24: Unit Testing the Author App

Lecture 25: Login Tests

Lecture 26: The Nav Bar

Lecture 27: The Blog Post and Category Models

Lecture 28: The Blog Post Form

Lecture 29: Blog Create Post Template and View

Lecture 30: Blog Post View Database Processing

Lecture 31: The Login Decorator

Lecture 32: Blog Article and Markdown

Lecture 33: Blog Post Tests

Lecture 34: Blog Home Page and Pagination

Lecture 35: Uploading Images

Lecture 36: Editing Posts

Lecture 37: Deleting Posts and Writing the Edit and Delete Tests

Lecture 38: Blog Tags and Tests

Lecture 39: Filter by Category or Tags

Chapter 7: The Final Project

Lecture 1: The Final Project

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Conclusion