Flask for Startups

This book will show you how to create and structure your Flask app in way that makes it easy to maintain development velocity. This will let you test your ideas very quickly, maximizing your app's chance of success.

Who is this for:

• Software engineers at startups
• Indiehackers
• Side project makers

Why should you read this over other Flask tutorials?

Simplicity and Predictability are important characteristics of a Flask structure that allows you to iterate quickly. Take a look at the end product (what you'll be building) on Github to get a view of what this means: https://github.com/nuvic/flask_for_startups.

I've used different Flask structures in the past, ranging from a single massive file to a modular app with Blueprints. I've found that this structure works well for startup/indiehacker type projects where requirements keep changing so a flexible, simple and predictable structure is crucial.

What will you get?

• You'll get the book in these formats: PDF, mobi and epub.
• You'll get the full code for each chapter to make it easy to follow along.
• You'll get lifetime access to all updates to the book.

Prerequisites:

• experience programming with Python

Table of Contents:

1. Setting up your Flask app

2. View-based Routes

3. Integrating a database and SQLAlchemy

4. DB migrations with Alembic

5. Services approach for account management

6. Validation, Error handling and Sanitization

7. Authentication and Role-based Permissions

8. Writing mostly integration tests with pytest

9. Deployment options: Managed services and manual setup on VPS (NGINX and uWSGI)

Note: The book will show you how to install PostgreSQL as the database. But you can also use MySQL or SQLite if you prefer.

What it will NOT include:

• Will not include how to use a JS framework with Flask. Unfortunately there's too many ways of doing frontend.

What's the refund policy?

• If what you see is not what you expected, just reply to the download email within 30 days and you'll get a full refund. No questions asked.

Who are you?

I've worked at various fintech and healthtech startups so I have some experience seeing what works and what doesn't work. This is just based on my experiences and may not be applicable to everyone.