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Mastering Flask Web Development

You're reading from   Mastering Flask Web Development Build enterprise-grade, scalable Python web applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788995405
Length 332 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Jack Stouffer Jack Stouffer
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Preface 1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating Models with SQLAlchemy 3. Creating Views with Templates 4. Creating Controllers with Blueprints 5. Advanced Application Structure 6. Securing Your App 7. Using NoSQL with Flask 8. Building RESTful APIs 9. Creating Asynchronous Tasks with Celery 10. Useful Flask Extensions 11. Building Your Own Extension 12. Testing Flask Apps 13. Deploying Flask Apps 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Flask Admin

In Chapter 6, Securing Your App, we created an interface to allow users to create and edit blog posts without having to use the CLI. This was adequate to demonstrate the security measures presented in the chapter, but there is still no way for posts to be deleted, or to assign tags to posts, using the interface. We also do not have a way to delete or edit comments that is hidden from regular users. What our app needs is a fully featured administrator interface, in the same vein as the WordPress interface. This is such a common requirement for apps that a Flask extension, called Flask Admin, was produced to help developers create administrator interfaces easily. Once more, we can find Flask Admin on the list of dependencies in requirements.txt.

Since we are going to create a full administrator interface, with forms, views and templates, Flask Admin is a good candidate...

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