Project Overview
FlaskQR is a super simple, lightweight web utility that allows users to generate QR codes for URLs and business cards. It's built using Flask, Bootstrap, and vanilla JS.
Project Reflection
This one was pretty quick and easy to put together. Different people from marketing and sales would ask me if I could make them QR codes for things, usually business cards for clients or for a link to some webpage. Instead of doing a new email exchange every time, I identified that it could be automated, and made available to the entire company. Thus was born FlaskQR, a sparky little web app that helped my company connect with their clients.
A QR code business card enables users to automatically add contact info to their contacts by scanning the code using a smartphone camera. Users can download the QR code that they generate for use in many applications, such as marketing material, business cards, or branded merchandise.
This is the first Flask project that I successfully deployed. I learned about WSGI servers, a few different bash utilities, and got the opportunity to play with Python, which is always a treat. I was also introduced to deploying things on EC2, which would spark my interest in cloud computing.