
Learn how to build a production-ready Flask web app, save hundreds of development hours, manage users, handle recurring payments, and create a custom admin with battle-hardened code.
Define what Flask is and explore the types of websites you can build with Flask. Compare Flask to other web frameworks and examine how major companies use Flask in projects.
See how Pinterest uses Flask to power its API under load, build dozens of endpoints, and deploy API versions, while Twilio and LinkedIn rely on Flask for APIs and tools.
Create a dedicated folder on your workstation to store all course files, place it in your home directory, and name it as the abbreviation for build the saas with flask.
Download all course materials in a single zip containing source code and notes that evolve with each section; extract into your courses folder to access bundled supplemental resources.
Choose and configure a code editor to open and edit the downloaded source code, explore free editor options, and reference Sublime Text 3 for configuration.
Learn what Docker is and why it's worth using, install Docker, and run a few commands to verify it works before diving into code.
Explore how dependencies power web apps and how to manage them with pip and a requirements.txt file. Pin exact versions to ensure consistency for flask and other packages.
Choose an app look using bootstrap as the foundation, with find awesome for icons and custom assets. Organize static assets in flask's static folder and prepare for mobile responsive design.
Create a responsive home page in a Flask app by wiring a Jinja2 template to the page blueprint, rendering with render_template, and managing assets via static files and Bootstrap.
Investigate the code test coverage of the Flask SaaS app by running the coverage tool, inspecting missing lines, and reviewing the terms page in views.py within the snake eyes folder.
Run flake8 to perform static analysis on the code base, identify formatting and unused import issues, and learn to fix or ignore warnings while managing docker compose workflows.
Explore the components and purpose of CLIA scripts, review project changes since the last section, examine the CLIA scripts code, and run CLIA commands to see how it works.
discover why a cli script is essential to run project commands, avoid typing flags and paths, and list commands like Snake Eyes test from within the container.
Learn how the Flask debug toolbar works, how to add and initialize extensions with a clean extension pattern, and view route lists and render times in a running app.
Do you want to create an awesome web application but aren’t sure where to start?
Hi, I’m Nick and for the last year I've been teaching thousands of happy students how to deploy web applications with Docker.
Now I want to teach you how to develop PRODUCTION READY web applications with confidence.
Most learning material out there only teaches you how to build toy examples and throw out lines like “you wouldn’t want to do this in production…”, but then they never tell you the REAL way to do it.
Imagine how awful you’d feel after spending your time and hard earned money but still had to do a ton of research to complete your project. I’ve been there, done that and it’s not fun.
Instead, a large portion of the code base in my course is battle hardened from running in production on multiple projects.
I’ll be at your side explaining my thought process along the way while we build up a multi thousand line application together.
You’re going to walk away with everything you need to feel confident building your own web applications.
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You’re getting well tested code that’s been running in production. Tons of edge cases have been ironed out, and features were added due to real life needs. Not only that, but I’ll be at your side explaining everything to you while you make your way through the course.
You’re going to see how the application gets built up from a single file, all the way to a 4,000+ line project that spans across dozens of files and folders.
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