You're reading from Mastering Flask Web and API Development Build and deploy production-ready Flask apps seamlessly across web, APIs, and mobile platforms

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837633227

Length 494 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Flask

Concepts

Big Data

Author (1):

Sherwin John C. Tragura

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Learning the Flask 3.x Framework

2. Chapter 1: A Deep Dive into the Flask Framework FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Adding Advanced Core Features

4. Chapter 3: Creating REST Web Services

5. Chapter 4: Utilizing Flask Extensions

6. Part 2:Building Advanced Flask 3.x Applications

7. Chapter 5: Building Asynchronous Transactions

8. Chapter 6: Developing Computational and Scientific Applications

9. Chapter 7: Using Non-Relational Data Storage

10. Chapter 8: Building Workflows with Flask

11. Chapter 9: Securing Flask Applications

12. Part 3:Testing, Deploying, and Building Enterprise-Grade Applications

13. Chapter 10: Creating Test Cases for Flask

14. Chapter 11: Deploying Flask Applications

15. Chapter 12: Integrating Flask with Other Tools and Frameworks

16. Index

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Technical requirements

This chapter aims to implement Doctor’s Appointment Management Software that uses workflows to implement its business processes. It has the following five different Flask projects, showcasing the varying workflow solutions to build the Flask application:

ch08-celery-redis, which focuses on designing dynamic workflows with Celery tasks.
ch08-spiff-web, which implements a web application for the appointment system using the SpiffWorkflow library.
ch08-temporal, which uses the Temporal platform to build distributed architecture.
ch08-zeebe, which utilizes the Zeebe/Camunda platform for BPMN workflows.
ch08-airflow, which integrates with the Airflow 2.x workflow engine to manage API services.

Although with different workflow solutions, each of these projects targets the practical and optimal process performance for the user’s login transactions, appointment processes, doctor engagement, billing processes, and releasing...