This isn’t a rant. These are simply my thoughts on how you can become a better programmer. We all have goals, implicit or explicit that we strive to achieve. Sometimes we succeed, and other times we fall, we fail. And as with all things in life, it is important to learn from your mistakes. Becoming a better programmer is a balancing act between the abstract and the conrete parts of you as a programmer. Too much into one end and your stuck hunting down an invisible bug to the ends of the earth.

Last time we connected a database to our app, and how to add records. We also added a backend interface to our app to allow owners to add and remove records. We configured various flask extensions and added some CSS styling to our HTML templates. Today we’re going to be looking at; managing users, adding a cart and implementing a checkout process.

Goals; Add some CSS using the flask-scss extension. Add HTML templates Learn how to create and connect a database to our flask application. Add usersto our database and admin views to the app

Flask is one of the best known python micro-frameworks. It is easy to use, light weight, and fast. Today we are going to use it to build what will eventually become a restaurant app.