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The tutorial begins by establishing a cost-effective cloud environment for building a Python-based meme website, highlighting that even a constantly running server costs less than a penny per hour []. The core technology introduced is Flask, a lightweight Python web framework, praised for its simplicity and suitability for rapid development []. After setting up a Linux VM and installing Flask along with the `requests` library for API interaction [], a basic "Hello, World!" application is created using `app = Flask(__name__)` and a route decorator `@app.route('/')` to handle requests to the website's root URL [-]. This initial setup demonstrates how Flask maps URLs to Python functions, with the `app.run()` command initiating the development server [-].
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The tutorial begins by establishing a cost-effective cloud environment for building a Python-based meme website, highlighting that even a constantly running server costs less than a penny per hour []. The core technology introduced is Flask, a lightweight Python web framework, praised for its simplicity and suitability for rapid development []. After setting up a Linux VM and installing Flask along with the `requests` library for API interaction [], a basic "Hello, World!" application is created using `app = Flask(__name__)` and a route decorator `@app.route('/')` to handle requests to the website's root URL [-]. This initial setup demonstrates how Flask maps URLs to Python functions, with the `app.run()` command initiating the development server [-].