Some of the topics covered in this talk to help you take your first steps in web development using Flask:

• We will start with a review of the some of the Python web framework. Including a basic introduction to the WSGI specification and how to choose a WSGI server.

• Why Flask could be a great framework for your first application and how to start with it.

• Best practices for the structure of your Flask application.

• SQLAlchemy and how to make your application talk to the database.

• Approaches for setting up a long running backend process in your application.

• Ways to optimize your application with the focus on caching.

• Release your application to the wild and deployment.

• Testing your application. Specifically focusing on how to overcome issues associated with unit testing decorated methods.

• Design Considerations for application configuration.