In this article I use the metric system, where 1 meter = 3.28 feet. I also talk about highways. Here I use the definition in British English, where highway refers to any path with a public right of access. We are all familiar with the existence of route planners like google maps or OpenStreetMaps (OSM),… Continue reading Build a route planner for maps using Python
Articles on Flask
Step-by-Step Guide on Deploying a Simple Flask App to Heroku
By Julian Sequeira on 21 July 2017
A step-by-step guide on deploying a simple flask app to Heroku.
Flask Web Server Port Mapping
By Julian Sequeira on 1 July 2017
A quick post on Flask App port mapping
Flask Sessions
By Julian Sequeira on 2 June 2017
In this quick post I discuss Flask Sessions and provide a few use cases.
Building a Simple Birthday App with Flask-SQLAlchemy
By Bob Belderbos on 11 May 2017
In this article I teach you how to get started with Flask-SQLAlchemy. I will set up a model, create the DB, retrieve birthdays from FB and import them into the DB. Lastly I will query the birthdays by date range.
Simple Flask app to compare the weather of 2 cities
By Bob Belderbos on 20 April 2017
In this post I show you how to build a simple Flask app to compare the weather of 2 cities using the OpenWeatherMap API. Maybe this aids you in solving this week’s challenge.
Beginning Flask
By Julian Sequeira on 13 April 2017
In this post I cover the basics of Flask in language that anyone can understand.
Flask for Loops – Printing Dict Data
By Julian Sequeira on 6 April 2017
In this post I demo how to create an extremely simple Flask app that prints the contents of a Dict to a web page.
Simple API Part 2 – Building a Deep Work Logger with Flask, Slack and Google Docs
By Bob Belderbos on 10 March 2017
After Simple API – part 1 a more practical app in this part 2 tutorial: a Deep Work logger integrating Google docs and Slack, including deployment of the app to Heroku.
How To Build a Simple API with Flask and Unit Test it
By Bob Belderbos on 3 March 2017
In this post I will create a simple API with Flask and test it with curl and unit testing its HTTP methods.