CS50x 2023 - Lecture 9 - Flask
CS50
140 min, 53 sec
A detailed walkthrough of creating web applications using Flask, including concepts like sessions, cookies, and APIs.
Summary
- Demonstrates the creation of a simple Flask web application to understand the Flask framework and templating with Jinja.
- Explains the concept of HTTP methods GET and POST and their appropriate use cases in web forms.
- Introduces sessions and cookies as mechanisms for maintaining state and user-specific data across different web pages.
- Discusses the potential security flaws when trusting client-side input and the importance of server-side validation.
- Covers the use of APIs and JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) for fetching data asynchronously using AJAX for a seamless user experience.
Chapter 1
Introducing Flask framework and templating with Jinja.
- Demonstrates a simple web application using Flask and Jinja template inheritance.
- Shows how to run Flask to serve a web application and details the setup of routes in app.py.
- Explains the structure of Flask applications with app.py and templates folder for HTML files.
- Uses a global dictionary to store form submissions temporarily in the server's memory.
Chapter 2
Explaining the use of GET and POST methods in web forms.
- Illustrates the use of the GET method to pass data via URL parameters.
- Uses the POST method to hide data from the URL for privacy and larger data uploads.
- Explains the importance of server-side validation, even with client-side attributes like 'required'.
Chapter 3
Exploring sessions for user authentication and persistent data.
- Introduces the concept of sessions to maintain state in web applications.
- Shows how to set up session configuration in Flask and use session variables.
- Demonstrates user login and logout functionality using session management.
Chapter 4
Building a store application with cart functionality using sessions.
- Creates a store application that allows adding books to a shopping cart stored in a session.
- Executes SQL queries to fetch and display books based on cart contents.
- Utilizes session-based cart to distinguish between different users' carts.
Chapter 5
Using APIs to fetch data asynchronously without page reloads.
- Integrates an API to fetch TV show data dynamically based on user input.
- Uses JavaScript's fetch function to perform asynchronous HTTP requests.
- Processes JSON responses to update the web page content in real-time.
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