Flask, Python, ORDS, and Oracle CloudWorld 2022

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Python, Flask, and ORDS Restaurants Web Application update If you’ve been following along, then you are probably aware of the python/flask/ORDS journey that I’ve embarked on. If not, you can read up on the overview here. The idea was to take local restaurant health inspection scores (aka Sanitary grades) and present the data to a … Read more

Working with WTForms and Oracle REST Database Services (ORDS) APIs

Current Flask application, made presentable by using Bootstrap for HTML and CSS

Welcome Back The title pretty much speaks for itself, and if you’ve been following along, you’d know that I’m working on a demo application that uses Flask (a web application microframework) connected to my Oracle Autonomous Database (ADB) via Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) APIs. One of Flask’s strengths is that it allows you to … Read more

Project Overview: python – flask – ORDS – Autonomous Database

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Update For the past week and a half I’ve been immersed in learning how python and flask interact with each other so a developer can create a quick/crude web application. I’ve also spent time becoming more familiar with virtual environments (as they pertain to python + flask), jinja, and WTForms (I’m sure I’m forgetting other … Read more

Hello World :)

WARNING: Turn back now. You have been warned.  Who am I? I’m Chris Hoina. Senior Product Manager at Oracle as (still not sure why they hired me, most likely a clerical error). I’m a recent “Big Blue” defector; at IBM for nearly three years. There I worked in IBM Z (the mainframe, Big Iron, or … Read more