Creating and Processing Web Forms with Flask

Web forms are the main point of interaction between the client and the web server. Learn to utilize the Flask-WTF (WTForms) package to implement them in a poweful Flask web framework.

At the core of building modern web applications is a thorough knowledge of web forms. In this course, Creating and Processing Web Forms with Flask 1, you'll learn how to build functional forms and process their input. First, you'll see how to create the templates and views. Next, you'll explore processing the user input and making sure that the form data is safe from potential threats. Finally, you'll discover how to improve the user experience by adding error and flash messages, plus making the forms asynchronous with AJAX so users don't have to wait for the page to refresh. When you're finished with this course, you'll have a foundational knowledge of building web forms in Flask that will help you as you move forward to creating web applications with the Flask framework.

• Course Overview 1min
• Creating Web Form Views and Templates 34mins
• Processing Form Data 27mins
• Securing the Form Input 15mins
• Improving the User Experience 19mins