Category: Programming

2013-07-28T19:11:38Z

Designing a RESTful API using Flask-RESTful

This is the third article in which I explore different aspects of writing RESTful APIs using the Flask microframework. Here is the first, and the second.

The example RESTful server I wrote before used only Flask as a dependency. Today I will show you how to write the same server using Flask-RESTful, a Flask extension that simplifies the creation of APIs.

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2013-07-22T05:11:05Z

Web Development With Flask

You probably noticed that lately I haven't been blogging as frequently as I used to. Today I'm letting you in on my little secret:

Flask Book front page

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2013-06-24T07:36:05Z

Flask-Runner: Command Line Options for Flask

I just published a little extension for Flask that exposes some of the options that can be given when calling app.run().

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2013-06-15T20:12:57Z

Writing a Javascript REST client

Last month I published an article on writing RESTful web services in Python, in which I developed a small web service.

Today I'm putting my "front-end" hat to show you how to write a Javascript client application that uses the Python service.

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2013-05-20T07:12:40Z

Designing a RESTful API with Python and Flask

In recent years REST (REpresentational State Transfer) has emerged as the standard architectural design for web services and web APIs.

In this article I'm going to show you how easy it is to create a RESTful web service using Python and the Flask microframework.

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2013-04-24T06:24:58Z

The Flask Mega-Tutorial, Part XVIII: Deployment on the Heroku Cloud

(Great news! There is a new version of this tutorial!)

This is the eighteenth article in the series in which I document my experience writing web applications in Python using the Flask microframework.

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2013-04-15T06:14:46Z

The Flask Mega-Tutorial, Part XVII: Deployment on Linux (even on the Raspberry Pi!)

(Great news! There is a new version of this tutorial!)

This is the seventeenth article in the series in which I document my experience writing web applications in Python using the Flask microframework.

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2013-03-27T06:28:30Z

Building an Arduino Robot, Part VI: Remote Control

Arduino Robot

Welcome to the sixth article in the tutorial series in which I'm building a remote controlled Arduino based vehicle robot.

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2013-03-10T04:19:00Z

The Flask Mega-Tutorial, Part XVI: Debugging, Testing and Profiling

(Great news! There is a new version of this tutorial!)

This is the sixteenth article in the series in which I document my experience writing web applications in Python using the Flask microframework.

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2013-02-24T08:07:48Z

Building an Arduino Robot, Part V: Avoiding Obstacles

Arduino Robot

Welcome to the fifth article in the tutorial series in which I'm building a remote controlled Arduino based vehicle robot.

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