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01Flask-Introduction

Flask is a Python-based web application framework developed by Armin Ronacher, designed to simplify web development without dealing with low-level details. It utilizes the Werkzeug WSGI toolkit and Jinja2 templating engine, making it a micro framework that allows for dynamic web page rendering. The document also outlines the installation steps and basic terminology associated with Flask, including the importance of importing the Flask module and defining routes.

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01Flask-Introduction

Flask is a Python-based web application framework developed by Armin Ronacher, designed to simplify web development without dealing with low-level details. It utilizes the Werkzeug WSGI toolkit and Jinja2 templating engine, making it a micro framework that allows for dynamic web page rendering. The document also outlines the installation steps and basic terminology associated with Flask, including the importance of importing the Flask module and defining routes.

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1 Introduction to Flask

Mr. Shekhar D Jalane

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Web Framework
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 Web Application Framework or simply


Web Framework represents a collection :
 libraries and modules
 Create Web Application
 Without having to bother about low-level
details such as protocols, thread
management

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What is Flask?
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 Flask is a web application framework


written in Python
 It is developed by Armin Ronacher,
who leads an international group of
Python enthusiasts named Pocco
 Flask is based on the Werkzeug WSGI
toolkit and Jinja2 template engine
 Both are Pocco projects.

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Flask as Web Application
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Flask as ML Application
5

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What is WSGI?
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 Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI)


 universal interface between the web
server and the web applications

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What is Werkzeug ?
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 It is a Web Server Gateway Interface


toolkit
 implements requests, response objects,
and other utility functions
 The Flask framework uses Werkzeug as
one of its bases as Werkzeug Server

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Flask as Web Application
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What is Jinja2 ?
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 Jinja2 is a popular templating engine for


Python
 A web templating system combines a
template with a certain data source to
render dynamic web pages

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What is Jinja2 ?
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 Jinja2 is a popular templating engine for


Python
 A web templating system combines a
template with a certain data source to
render dynamic web pages
 Flask is often referred to as a micro
framework
 Flask does not have built-in abstraction
layer
 for database handling
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 Validation Support
Steps to Install Flask
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 Install Python

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Steps to Install Flask
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from flask import Flask


app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/’)
def hello_world():
return 'Hello World’
if __name__ == '__main__’:
app.run()
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Flask Terminology
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 Importing flask module in the project is


mandator
 An object of Flask class is
our WSGI application
 Flask constructor takes the name
of current module (__name__) as
argument
 The route() function of the Flask class is
a decorator
 application which URL should call
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 Finally the run() method of Flask class runs

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