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Flask Lab

Part 0: Setup

• Activate your $50 in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) credits. See Prof Kirlin's email for how to do this.
• Setting up Google Cloud
• Setting up Linux

Part 1: Learning Flask

• Our first Flask application
• Using HTML templates
• Getting user input with forms
• Maintaining application state with hidden values

Part 2: Adding Databases

• [Special setup for day 2 -- start here)(start-day2)
• Setup and creating a schema
• Command line hooks and the g object
• Python's PostgreSQL API (Also see http://initd.org/psycopg/docs/usage.html)
• Using the PostgreSQL API with templates
• Adding blog entries (SQL INSERT)
• Modifying blog entries (SQL UPDATE)
• Deleting blog entries (SQL DELETE)
• View finished code <-- Don't go here until you've finished all the prior lessons)

Hints and Tips:

• Common errors and what they mean