diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.idea
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
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+from flask import Flask, flash, redirect, render_template, request, session, abort
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+@app.route("/")
+def index():
+    return "Index!"
+
+@app.route("/hello")
+def hello():
+    return "Hello World!"
+
+@app.route("/form")
+def form():
+    return render_template(
+        'form.html',**locals())
+
+@app.route('/form_post', methods = ['POST'])
+def form_post():
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        data = request.form
+        print("data: {}".format(data))
+        # TODO: save this data to a csv
+        # deploy this python app to server somewhere
+        # with a particular domain
+    return "form submitted"
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app.run()
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+click==8.0.4
+Flask==2.0.3
+itsdangerous==2.1.1
+Jinja2==3.0.3
+MarkupSafe==2.1.0
+Werkzeug==2.0.3
diff --git a/templates/form.html b/templates/form.html
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+<div>
+    here is the simple web form, lets see how this works
+    <br>
+
+    <form action="/form_post" method="post">
+        <label for="fname">First name:</label><br>
+        <input type="text" id="fname" name="fname" value="Test"><br>
+        <label for="lname">Last name:</label><br>
+        <input type="text" id="lname" name="lname" value="Something"><br><br>
+        <input type="submit" value="Submit">
+    </form>
+</div>
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