Flask Challenge - April 2013

A challenge for those who took part in the Flask Workshop at CoderDojo April 2013

So, now you've learnt the basics of how to use Flask, it's time to put those skills to good use.

Your challenge is to produce a simple Message Board webapp that allows people to log in and post messages. You'll need a few pages:

• Home
• Register
• Log In
• Log Out
• View Messages
• Add message

I suggest you use Flask and SQLAlchemy (since that's what I know how to use), but you don't have to. You might want to look up bcrypt for password security.

Whilst I won't be at the next CoderDojo, that will be the due date for the challenge. I'll be marking the submissions, and hopefully I'll be able to get some form of prize. Feel free to team up with other people.

I'll be judging on how much you've done, a little bit of how neat your code is, and generally how well the app works.

Bonus points will be given for the following extension tasks:

• User Profiles (including editing)
• Formatting and Smileys in messages
• Multiple message boards

Taking Part

If you're proficient enough in git, you can fork this repository, write your code and submit a pull request. If you've no idea what I just said, you can just write your code and email it to me at sl at toastwaffle dot com.

I look forward to seeing your submissions

Samuel Littley

2013-04-08