Deploy Your Python Script on the Web With Flask (Summary)

You covered a lot of ground in this course! You started with a local Python script and transformed it into a user-friendly, fully deployed Flask application that’s now hosted on Google App Engine.

While working through this course, you learned:

How web applications provide data over the Internet
How to refactor your Python script so you can host it online
How to create a basic Flask application
How to manually escape user input
How to deploy your code to Google App Engine

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Congratulations, you made it to the end of the course! What’s your #1 takeaway or favorite thing you learned? How are you going to put your newfound skills to use? Leave a comment in the discussion section and let us know.

00:00 Summary. Well done! You’ve made it to the end of the course, and you’ve covered a lot of ground. You started with a local Python script and transformed it into a user-friendly, fully-deployed Flask application that’s now hosted on Google App Engine.

00:16 During this course, you learned how web applications provide data over the Internet, how to refactor your Python script so that you can host it online, how to create a basic Flask application, how to manually escape user input, and how to deploy your code to Google App Engine.

00:37 You can now take your local Python scripts and make them available online for the whole world to use. If you want to learn more about web development with Python, then you’re now well-equipped to experiment with Python web frameworks, such as Flask and Django.

00:51 We hope you’ve enjoyed this course and we’ll see you again soon at realpython.com.

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