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Goals

• Introduction on how to use Flask-WTForms to simplify form generation and validation
• Use Flask-WTForms to build a functioning Flask application with only one registration page. The end product looks like:

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Learning goals

• Deployment

Note: This tutorial is part of the series Learn Flask in a scientific way.

Source code

• The source code of this tutorial can be accessed on GitHub.
• The demo can be accessed on this website.
• The version that covers only this tutorial can be accessed on GitHub.

Plans

In this tutorial, we will deploy the web application we have been developing, and show it to the world:

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Learning goals

• Four basic functions of persistent storage — create, read, update, and delete (CRUD).

Note: This tutorial is part of the series Learn Flask in a scientific way.

Source code

• The source code of this tutorial can be accessed on GitHub.
• The demo can be accessed on this website.
• The version that covers only this tutorial can be accessed on GitHub.

Plans

In this tutorial, we will develop and test the review system component of our web application.

Essentially, this component will allow anyone to view all the mean reviews added by all users, and allow users who registered an account with the application…

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Learning goals

• Authentication

Note: This tutorial is part of the series Learn Flask in a scientific way.

Source code

• The source code of this tutorial can be accessed on GitHub.
• The demo can be accessed on this website.
• The version that covers only this tutorial can be accessed here.

Plans

In this tutorial, we will continue our development and testing of the authentication component of our web application.

So far, we have a functioning registration page. Based on that, we will develop the login and logout functionalities, and test them thoroughly. Eventually, we want to achieve the following effect:

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Learning goals

• Unit testing

Note: This tutorial is part of the series Learn Flask in a scientific way.

Source code

• The source code of this tutorial can be accessed on GitHub.
• The demo can be accessed at https://pacific-fortress-91193.herokuapp.com/.
• The version that covers only this tutorial can be accessed here.

Install Your Application as a Package

As we move to use Application Factory and Blueprints, our testing code also needs some upgrade. To make our application that adopts Application Factory and Blueprints visible to testing code underneath a different folder, we need to install our application as a package first. There are three steps to achieve this.

First, we need to…

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Learning goals

• Restructure a Flask project from a single script application to using an Application Factory and blueprints.

Note: This tutorial is part of the series Learn Flask in a scientific way.

Source code

• The source code of this tutorial can be accessed on GitHub.
• The demo can be accessed at https://pacific-fortress-91193.herokuapp.com/.
• The version of the single script application can be accessed on GitHub.

Application Factory and Blueprints — What Are They and Why Do We Need Them?

Continuing from the last tutorial, we already have an application with tested registration functionality.

However, everything was coded in a single file, app.py. This approach is convenient but doesn’t scale well. …

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Learning goals

• User authentication — Registration

Note: This tutorial is part of the series Learn Flask in a scientific way.

Source code

• The source code of this tutorial can be accessed on GitHub.
• The demo can be accessed at https://pacific-fortress-91193.herokuapp.com/.
• The version that covers only this tutorial can be accessed here.

Planning and Design

Our goal is to set up user registration in our application. To achieve this, we need a database table that stores user information. The table contains at least three columns:

1. ID
2. Username
3. Password

Username has to be unique for each user. The route/view functions have to take this into consideration. …

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Learning goals

• Understand templates in Flask

Note: This tutorial is part of the series Learn Flask in a scientific way.

Source code

• The source code of this tutorial can be accessed on GitHub.
• The demo can be accessed at https://pacific-fortress-91193.herokuapp.com/.
• The version that covers only this tutorial can be accessed here.

Planning and Design

Before we start building our application, we have to make a good plan. Our application at least needs seven pages to work:

• Homepage: Present a list of mean reviews from different contributors.
• About page: Introduce our service.
• 404 page: When visitors request a page that doesn’t exist.
• Register an account page: Allows people…