Learning Flask
Flask is a microframework for server-side web development in Python.
Templates
Flask uses the template engine Jinja2 internally. This allows for Flask to respond to routes with template files.
Template functionality works through using two curly brackets to open and two to close for variable interpolation (expressions). Jinja2 also supports multiple types of usages.
{% ... %}: Statements{{ ... }}: Expressions{# ... #}: Comments# ... ##: Line Statements
Note: Consult the Jinja2 guide for more details.
render_template()
Through working with Jinja2, Flask uses the render_template() function to select a specific file and add variables to be rendered along with it.
The first parameter to the render_template() is the file (in a folder labelled “templates” in the root directory) and the second is any variables (in a Dictionary) to be sent along.
The render_template() function returns the contents of the file given to it as filtered through its rendering system. This can be extremely useful when combined with Jinja2’s templates to build out from a ‘base’ to its children files.
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