Preface
Welcome to Learning Flask, the book that will teach you the necessary skills to build web applications with Flask, a lightweight Python web framework. This book takes an example-driven approach that is designed to get you started quickly. The practical examples are balanced with just the right amount of background information to ensure that you understand not only the how, but also the why of Flask development.
Flask was originally released by Armin Ronacher as part of an elaborate April Fool's Day prank in 2010. The project touted itself as, "The next generation python micro web-framework," and lampooned features made popular by similar microframeworks. Although Flask was intended as a prank, the authors were caught by surprise when many ...
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