Nov 06: More Flask-AppBuilder

Learning Objectives

After today's class, you should be able to:

• Define a BaseView that renders a Jinja template in Flask-AppBuilder.
• Implement custom actions and step through the code with a debugger.
• Add a chart view that visualizes the results of a complex SQL query.

Lesson Outline

• More about Flask-AppBuilder
  • [15 min] Exercise 1: Create Your Index Page
  • [15 min] Exercise 2: Create Your About Page
  • [15 min] Exercise 3: Add Your First Action
  • [15 min] Exercise 4: Add Your First Chart
  • [15 min] Exercise 5: Practice Debugging
• Supporting files:
  • profs repository

References

• Flask-AppBuilder GitHub
  • Examples folder (try running some of these)
  • flask_appbuilder folder (source / templates)
• Flask-AppBuilder Docs
  • Focus on those sections linked in the slides
• Docs for Flask, Jinja, and Google Charts

Your To-Do List

• Make substantial progress on your group project:
  • Finish designing the index page and about page
  • Add actions to model views needed for your project
  • Add multiple charts for the views that make sense
  • Implement other base views for the logic of your app
• Add details do your documentation:
  • Finish README.md in your database/data folder
  • Finish README.md in your webapp folder