Learning Python Networking - Second Edition

Introducing Flask

Flask is a micro framework designed to facilitate the development of web applications under the MVC pattern and provides a simple interface. The main advantage is that it doesn't require any complex preconfiguration; all we need to do is install it with a command:

>>> pip install flask Downloading/unpacking flask

Flask can also be downloaded from the project's home page at http://flask.pocoo.org. Note that to run Flask under Python 3, you will need Python 3.3 or higher.

Among the main features of Flask, we can highlight the following:

• Open source: Flask is open source and is covered under a BSD license.
• Includes web server development: You do not need any infrastructure with a web server to test the applications, as you ...