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Home page

As explained in A Pythonic Adventure: From Python basics to a working web app

A home page is the primary entry page of a website or web application that provides orientation and navigation to other content or functions.

A home page is the first page visitors see. Its main job is orientation: show what the website or application does and help people reach its other features quickly. section 15.1 section 15.0

A friendly welcome for a coffee shop

For E&E Coffee Shop, the home page welcomes visitors with a heading, displays a coffee picture, and offers a New order button leading to the order page. As the application grows, navigation could also lead to menus, locations, rewards, gift cards, About Us, and Contact Us. section 15.0

How A Pythonic Adventure: From Python basics to a working web app covers it

How deep it goes
Explains purpose through a coffee-shop example and implements a heading, image, and order button, without developing broader site navigation.
Examples
Uses an E&E Coffee Shop welcome page with a New order button, coffee image, and links to possible shop information.
What it assumes
Assumes an existing web application and another page, while demonstrating the home-page structure from a template.
What you can do after
Builds a simple home page that welcomes visitors and links them to an order page.
How it connects
Connects navigation with web applications, order pages, menus, locations, rewards, gift cards, and contact pages.

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