Creating a simple TODO application¶
In this how to article you can find information of how you can create a TODO web application using Fantastico framework. This tutorial works with Fantastico versions greater or equal than 0.5.0.
Functional requirements¶
The application we are going to develop must meet the following requirements:
- User must be able to create tasks.
- User must be able to see all tasks.
- User must be able to quickly filter tasks.
- User must be able to complete tasks.
- User must be able to use an web application for managing tasks.
Overview¶
TODO web application powered by Fantastico.
The frontend is powered by the following API endpoints:
| Endpoint | HTTP verb | HTTP Body | Description |
| /tasks | GET | None | Retrieves available tasks in a paginated manner. |
| /tasks | POST | {“name”: “Task name”, “description”: “Task description”} | Creates a new task described by the given body. |
| /tasks/:task_id | GET | None | Retrieves a specific task from tasks collection. |
| /tasks/:task_id | PUT | {“name”: “Task name changed”, “description”: “Task description changed”} | Updates a specific task from tasks collection. |
| /tasks/:task_id | DELETE | None | Deletes a specific task from tasks collection. |
How to sources¶
All tutorial source files are available on github: https://github.com/rcosnita/fantastico-todo. Each step of the tutorial has a corresponding branch in the github repository so you can easily skip steps of this tutuorial. Though you can skip steps we recommend you take 30 minutes and finish this step by step how to in order to fully understand the power of Fantastico framework and how easy it is to build modern web applications using it.
Requirements¶
This tutorial requires developer to have:
- A Debian based operating system
- Access to a mysql database.
- Python 3.2 or newer.