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Full-Stack Flask and React

By : Adedeji
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Full-Stack Flask and React

3.5 (2)
By: Adedeji

Overview of this book

Developing an interactive, efficient, and fast enterprise web application requires both the right approach and tooling. If you are a web developer looking for a way to tap the power of React’s reusable UI components and the simplicity of Flask for backend development to develop production-ready, scalable web apps in Python, then this book is for you. Starting with an introduction to React, a JavaScript library for building highly interactive and reusable user interfaces, you’ll progress to data modeling for the web using SQLAlchemy and PostgreSQL, and then get to grips with Restful API development. This book will aid you in identifying your app users and managing access to your web application. You’ll also explore modular architectural design for Flask-based web applications and master error-handling techniques. Before you deploy your web app on AWS, this book will show you how to integrate unit testing best practices to ensure code reliability and functionality, making your apps not only efficient and fast but also robust and dependable. By the end of this book, you’ll have acquired deep knowledge of the Flask and React technology stacks, which will help you undertake web application development with confidence.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Frontend Development with React
9
Part 2 – Backend Development with Flask

Why use an API in web development

APIs are an integral part of modern web application development. You will rarely come across a data-driven web app without some form of API implementation. The reason why APIs are so popular is not difficult to see. APIs enable seamless integration, collaboration, and innovation by providing standardized ways to facilitate efficient resource sharing across diverse applications and systems. The following are some of the benefits of the use of APIs in web development:

  • APIs allow separate systems to interact, bridging communication gaps between different components of web applications
  • API-driven development enables access to third-party data and services, fostering innovative solutions and reducing development time
  • APIs provide a secure and scalable means of sharing information for developers and end users
  • API-centric development reduces software development time by leveraging existing APIs and avoiding reinventing the wheel
  • APIs...