Chapter 1. Hello, World!

And hello, reader! Let's get started with building some Flask applications. Flask is minimalist enough to allow you choice and flexibility; unlike in larger frameworks, you choose what you want to do and then manipulate Flask to do your bidding, and it is complete enough to work right out of the box.

We'll walk together through the development of three web applications; the first one is straightforward and will allow you to cut your teeth on Flask and get used to the new technologies and terminology while building a nontrivial web application; the second will get you started with building a web application that makes use of a traditional SQL database; and the final, which has the most features, will make use of a NoSQL ...

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