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6. Getting Started with Flask

Chapter goal: Get Flask running on your computer. Learn the basics of Flask. Run Flask on the Pi and get it to autostart your application when it boots.
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As you learned back in Chapter 4, Flask is a Python microframework – but what does that mean? Essentially, Flask is a web application framework. It makes it easy for you to develop and run complex web applications. Using Flask, you can write Python and have it executed when someone visits your web page. The Flask project resides at https://flask.palletsprojects.com/. It’s open source and available on GitHub at https://github.com/pallets/flask ...

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