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Full-Stack Flask and React

By : Adedeji
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Book Image

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

Unit testing in Flask applications

Flask is like a chef’s knife for web developers – it’s a versatile tool that can help you cook up scalable and flexible applications in no time. However, as the complexity of Flask applications grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to ensure that all the components of the application are working correctly together. This is where unit testing comes in.

Unit testing is a software testing technique that involves testing each component or module of an application in isolation from the rest of the application. By testing each unit separately and thoroughly, developers can identify and fix issues at the outset of the development process. The practice of unit testing can assist in spotting defects quickly and serve as a safeguard when making changes or modifying code, thus making it easier to maintain and evolve the application over time.

With Flask applications, unit testing helps ensure that all the routes, views, and other...