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Flask Configurations

This introductory chapter will help us understand the different ways Flask can be configured to suit the various needs of a project. Flask is “The Python micro framework for building web applications” (pallets/Flask, https://github.com/pallets/flask).

So, why is Flask called a microframework? Does this mean Flask lacks functionality, or that it’s mandatory for the complete code of your web application to be contained in a single file? Not really! The term microframework simply refers to the fact that Flask aims to keep the core of its framework small but highly extensible. This makes writing applications or extensions both easy and flexible and gives developers the power to choose the configurations they want for their ...

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