Flask (web framework)

Flask
Developer(s) Armin Ronacher
Initial release April 1, 2010 (2010-04-01)
Stable release 0.10.1 / June 14, 2013 (2013-06-14)[1]
Written in Python
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Web framework
License BSD
Website flask.pocoo.org

Flask is a micro web framework written in Python and based on the Werkzeug toolkit and Jinja2 template engine. It is BSD licensed.

As of Feb 2016, the latest stable version of Flask is 0.10.1.[2] Examples of applications that make use of the Flask framework are Pinterest,[3] LinkedIn,[4] as well as the community web page for Flask itself.[5]

Flask is called a micro framework because it does not presume or force a developer to use a particular tool or library.[6] It has no database abstraction layer, form validation, or any other components where pre-existing third-party libraries provide common functions. However, Flask supports extensions that can add application features as if they were implemented in Flask itself. Extensions exist for object-relational mappers, form validation, upload handling, various open authentication technologies and several common framework related tools. Extensions are updated far more regularly than the core Flask program.[7]

History

Flask was created by Armin Ronacher of Pocoo[8] which is an international group of Python enthusiasts formed in 2004. According to Armin, "It came out of an April Fool's joke but proved popular enough to make into a serious application in its own right."[9][10][11] Flask is based on the Werkzeug WSGI toolkit and Jinja2 template engine, both of them Pocoo projects that were created when Ronacher and Georg Brandl were building a bulletin board system written in Python.[12]

Despite the lack of a major release, Flask has become extremely popular among Python enthusiasts.

Features

Example

The following code shows a simple web application that prints "Hello World!":

from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")
def hello():
    return "Hello World!"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

See also

References

External links

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