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Welcome to Flask's documentation. Get started with :doc:`installation` and then get an overview with the :doc:`quickstart`. There is also a more detailed :doc:`tutorial/index` that shows how to create a small but complete application with Flask. Common patterns are described in the :doc:`patterns/index` section. The rest of the docs describe each component of Flask in detail, with a full reference in the :doc:`api` section.
Flask depends on the Jinja template engine and the Werkzeug WSGI toolkit. The documentation for these libraries can be found at:
This part of the documentation, which is mostly prose, begins with some background information about Flask, then focuses on step-by-step instructions for web development with Flask.
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 foreword advanced_foreword installation quickstart tutorial/index templating testing errorhandling logging config signals views appcontext reqcontext blueprints extensions cli server shell patterns/index deploying/index becomingbig
If you are looking for information on a specific function, class or method, this part of the documentation is for you.
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 api
Design notes, legal information and changelog are here for the interested.
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 design htmlfaq security extensiondev changelog license contributing