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‎change-log.html‎

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<li>Adding more logging resources.</li>
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<li>Continuing to add learning checklists to sections such as servers.</li>
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<li>Moving navigation options into meta tags on markdown pages.</li>
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‎django.html‎

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<a href="http://www.meetup.com/djangoboston/">Django Boston</a> and
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<a href="http://www.meetup.com/The-San-Francisco-Django-Meetup-Group/">San Francisco Django</a>
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so new developers can get help when they are stuck.</p>
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<p>There's some debate on whether
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<a href="http://www.jeffknupp.com/blog/2012/12/11/learning-python-via-django-considered-harmful/">learning Python by using Django is a bad idea</a>.
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However, that criticism is invalid if you take the time to learn the Python
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syntax and language semantics first before diving into web development.</p>
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<h2>Django framework learning checklist</h2>
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<p><i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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<a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/install/">Install Django</a> on

‎feeds/all.atom.xml‎

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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Matt Makai</title><link href="http://www.fullstackpython.com/" rel="alternate"></link><link href="http://www.fullstackpython.com/feeds/all.atom.xml" rel="self"></link><id>http://www.fullstackpython.com/</id><updated>2014-05-04T08:18:32Z</updated></feed>
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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Matt Makai</title><link href="http://www.fullstackpython.com/" rel="alternate"></link><link href="http://www.fullstackpython.com/feeds/all.atom.xml" rel="self"></link><id>http://www.fullstackpython.com/</id><updated>2014-05-05T07:14:54Z</updated></feed>

‎flask.html‎

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<h1>Flask</h1>
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<p><a href="http://flask.pocoo.org/">Flask</a> is a Python microframework deliberately
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<a href="http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/design/">small core and easy-to-extend philosophy</a>.
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Flask is generally considered more
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<p><a href="http://flask.pocoo.org/">Flask</a> is a Python web framework built with a
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<a href="http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/design/">small core and easy-to-extend philosophy</a>. </p>
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<h2>Why is Flask a good web framework choice?</h2>
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<p>Flask is generally considered more
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<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/58968/what-defines-pythonian-or-pythonic">Pythonic</a>
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than Django because Flask web application code is often more
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explicit. Flask was also written several years after Django and therefore
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than Django because Flask web application code is by and large more explicit.
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Flask is easy to get started with as a beginner because there is little
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boilerplate code for getting a simple app up and running. </p>
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<p>For example, here's a valid "hello world" web application with Flask (the
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equivalent in Django would be significantly more code):</p>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="n">from</span> <span class="n">flask</span> <span class="n">import</span> <span class="n">Flask</span>
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<span class="n">app</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Flask</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">__name__</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<span class="err">@</span><span class="n">app</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">route</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sc">&#39;/&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<span class="n">def</span> <span class="n">hello_world</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">:</span>
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<span class="k">return</span> <span class="err">&#39;</span><span class="n">Hello</span> <span class="n">World</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="err">&#39;</span>
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<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">__name__</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="err">&#39;</span><span class="n">__main__</span><span class="err">&#39;</span><span class="o">:</span>
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<span class="n">app</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">()</span>
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</pre></div>
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<p>Flask was also written several years after Django and therefore
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learned from the Python community's reactions as the framework evolved.
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Jökull Sólberg wrote a great piece articulating to this effect in his
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<a href="http://jokull.calepin.co/my-flask-to-django-experience.html">experience switching between Flask and Django</a>.</p>

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[learning Python by using Django is a bad idea](http://www.jeffknupp.com/blog/2012/12/11/learning-python-via-django-considered-harmful/).
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# Flask
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[Flask](http://flask.pocoo.org/) is a Python web framework built with a
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## Why is Flask a good web framework choice?
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Flask is generally considered more
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[Pythonic](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/58968/what-defines-pythonian-or-pythonic)
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than Django because Flask web application code is often more
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explicit. Flask was also written several years after Django and therefore
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than Django because Flask web application code is by and large more explicit.
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Flask is easy to get started with as a beginner because there is little
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boilerplate code for getting a simple app up and running.
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For example, here's a valid "hello world" web application with Flask (the
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equivalent in Django would be significantly more code):
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app = Flask(__name__)
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def hello_world():
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app.run()
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Flask was also written several years after Django and therefore
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learned from the Python community's reactions as the framework evolved.
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Jökull Sólberg wrote a great piece articulating to this effect in his
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[experience switching between Flask and Django](http://jokull.calepin.co/my-flask-to-django-experience.html).

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