We want to get to the hands on work of the workshop as quickly as possible and then weave in some related lessons along the way. Before we get to writing code, we’re going to set some context and background regarding web application development and web development frameworks. This will give you some frame of reference for where we’re headed.
We’ll then create a simple “hello world” Python web application. The rest of the workshop will be extending this application to add more features in small steps. Along the way we’ll learn more about web development concepts and practices.
We’ll use poem generation as our example. We’ll create a way for a user to create new poems via a web interface and see the list of all of the poems which have previously been created.
We hope to lead you through at least the persistence section of the workshop materials. We’ve added additional materials for how you can take this simple application further and learn more about web application development.