ThisbookwilltakeyouonajourneyfromlearningaboutwebdevelopmentusingFlasktobuildingfullyfunctionalwebapplications.Inthefirstmajorproject,wedevelopadynamicHeadlinesapplicationthatdisplaysthelatestnewsheadlinesalongwithup-to-datecurrencyandweatherinformation.Inprojecttwo,webuildaCrimeMapapplicationthatisbackedbyaMySQLdatabase,allowinguserstosubmitinformationonandthelocationofcrimesinordertoplotdangerzonesandothercrimetrendswithinanarea.Inthefinalproject,wecombineFlaskwithmoremoderntechnologies,suchasTwitter'sBootstrapandtheNoSQLdatabaseMongoDB,tocreateaWaiterCallerapplicationthatallowsrestaurantpatronstoeasilycallawaitertotheirtable.ThispragmatictutorialwillkeepyouengagedasyoulearnthecruxofFlaskbyworkingonchallengingreal-worldapplications.
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