Networked Applications with Python
Summary
This course will cover server side development from first principles. We'll build on your knowledge of HTTP and the request/response cycle to create a dynamic web application from scratch, before moving on to build some more complex applications using a lightweight development framework. We'll also talk about other development considerations such as deployment and security, and deploy an application to Heroku.
Major Topics
- HTML and CSS Basics
- Handling HTTP Requests in an Application
- Persisting State Between Request/Response Cycles
- WSGI
- Flask
- Routes and Route Parameters
- Templates and Layouts
- Static Files
- Template Filters
- Redirection
- Cookies
- Flash Messages
- Validations
- Confirmation Dialogs
- Deploying Your Application
- Working With Files
- Testing Web Applications
- Authentication and Security
- Optional Projects
Phase
Programming and Back-end Development
Prerequisites
| Course No. | Name |
|---|---|
| PY139 |
Assessment: More Python Foundations
|
| LS171 |
Assessment: Networking Foundations
|
Detailed Syllabus
Introduction and Prerequisites
- Setting Up Your Environment
- HTML and CSS
Handling Requests Manually
- A Simple Echo Server
- Parsing Path and Parameters
- Sending an HTML Response
- Persisting State in the URL
Working with Flask
- WSGI
- Flask Documentation
- Preparations
- Understanding Flask Web Application Structure
- How Routes Work
- Rendering Templates
- Using
url_for` for Static Files - Adding a Table of Contents
- Adding a Chapter Page
- Using Layouts
- Route Parameters
- Before Request
- Template Filters
- Redirecting
- Adding a Search Form
- Improving Search
- Code Challenge: Users and Interests
- Server-side vs. Client-side Code
Project: Todos
- The Home Page
- Display All Todo Lists
- Add a New Todo List
- What is State?
- Clearing Cookies
- Flash Messages
- Validations
- Refactoring Validations
- When to Use Validations
- Display a Single Todo List
- Creating New Todos
- Editing Todos
- Editing a Todo List
- Todos Remaining Count and List Completion
- Sort the Todo Lists and the Todos
- Removing Code Duplication
- Confirmation Dialogs
- Deploying to Render
Project: File-based CMS
- Getting Started
- Adding an Index Page
- Viewing Text Files
- Adding Tests
- Handling Requests for Nonexistent Document
- Viewing Markdown Files
- Editing Document Content
- Isolating Test Execution
- Adding Global Style and Behavior
- Creating New Documents
- Deleting Documents
- Signing In and Out
- Creating a Function Decorator in Python
- Restricting Actions to Only Signed-in Users
- Storing User Accounts in an External File
- Storing Hashed Passwords
Optional Projects
- Information about the Back-End Assessment
- Project Ideas