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Part 1. Introduction to Flask. Installation -- Basic application structure -- Templates -- Web forms -- Databases -- Email -- Large application structure -- Part 2. Example: A social blogging application. User authentication -- User roles -- User profiles -- Blog posts -- Followers -- User comments -- Application programming interfaces -- Part 3. The last mile. Testing -- Performance -- Deployment -- Additional resources

Take full creative control of your web applications with Flask, the Python-based microframework. With the second edition of this hands-on book, you'll learn Flask from the ground up by developing a complete, real-world application crreated by author Miguel Grinberg. This refreshed edition accounts for important technology changes that have occurred in the past three years