Pagination and other functionalities

Posted by Calvin on October 20, 2021 at 6:14 PM

Categories: flask

Pagination is working for my Blog section, as of yesterday. It was pretty simple due to the paginate method in SQLAlchemy, and I just had to add a few lines of code as well as "Newer posts" and "Older posts" href in the html.

posts = Post.query.order_by(desc(Post.posted_on)).paginate(page, 5, False)

I also have a commenting functionality working in development and hope to deploy it this week. Flask is pretty enjoyable to use once you get over the initial hump of understanding its structure.

New Flask website and Blog section

Posted by Calvin on October 18, 2021 at 8:04 PM

Categories: flask

This week, I recreated my website using Python / Flask and added a Blog section. I'll be using this page to write about any projects I'm currently working on as a way of recording my progress as a developer.

Libraries / Methods I used:

• SQLAlchemy for the database
• Flask g for storing data during a request
• Flask session for storing data between sessions

Next goals:

• Improve the design of the Blog section
• Allow comments on the Blog posts
• Add a sidebar with post navigation
• Add pagination