Week in Review: Starting with Flask – Learning and Teaching Together

Introduction

This week, I took on the challenge of learning Flask, a lightweight and flexible Python framework for web development. It’s been an exciting journey to start working with this new framework while also introducing the basics to my younger siblings, who are eager to learn too! Teaching as I learn has turned out to be a unique experience that reinforces my own understanding.

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Diving into Flask

I began by covering foundational Flask concepts:

1. Setting Up Flask: Installed Flask, set up a basic environment, and created my first “Hello, World!” route.

2. Routing: Explored Flask’s routing system, learning how to map URLs to specific functions. This gave me a good sense of how to handle requests and create dynamic routes.

3. Handling Requests and Responses: Practiced working with HTTP requests and learned how to return different response types, providing the foundation for more interactive web pages.

Through these steps, I've realized just how powerful Flask can be for quickly building web applications without the overhead of larger frameworks.

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Teaching Flask to My Younger Siblings

One of the highlights of this week has been teaching Flask to my younger siblings. Simplifying concepts like routing and responses for them helped me solidify my own understanding. I’ve found that teaching a concept is one of the best ways to reinforce it, as it forces me to think from a beginner’s perspective.

Some Teaching Techniques I Used:

• Simple Explanations: Broke down complex terms into simpler language, focusing on examples they could relate to.

• Hands-On Practice: Guided them through creating their own small projects, like a basic webpage that responds to user input.

Seeing them grasp these new ideas has been rewarding and has motivated me to learn even more.

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Conclusion and Next Steps

This week has been both challenging and fulfilling as I explored Flask and helped others start their own journey. My next steps involve diving deeper into Flask, experimenting with forms, templates, and eventually building a few small projects.

Looking forward to sharing what I learn next!

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