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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)
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Part 1 – Frontend Development with React
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Part 2 – Backend Development with Flask

Flask Unit Testing

Unit testing is an essential phase in software development that guarantees the proper functioning of each component of an application. In Chapter 7, React Unit Testing, we discussed unit testing as it relates to React components in building reliable user interfaces for the frontend part of a web application. With backend development, the principles of unit testing are similar, except that you are using a different programming language – or better, still working with a backend tech stack.

Unit testing ensures that each component or module of a software application is working correctly in isolation from the rest of the application. By testing each unit separately and thoroughly, developers can identify and fix issues early in the development cycle, which can save time and effort in the long run.

Unit testing helps catch defects early and provides a safety net for refactoring code, making it easier to maintain and evolve the application over time. Ultimately...