You're reading from Full-Stack Flask and React Learn, code, and deploy powerful web applications with Flask 2 and React 18

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803248448

Length 408 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Flask

Concepts

Full Stack Web Development

Author (1):

Olatunde Adedeji

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Frontend Development with React

2. Chapter 1: Getting Full Stack Ready with React and Flask FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Getting Started with React

4. Chapter 3: Managing State with React Hooks

5. Chapter 4: Fetching Data with React APIs

6. Chapter 5: JSX and Displaying Lists in React

7. Chapter 6: Working with React Router and Forms

8. Chapter 7: React Unit Testing

9. Part 2 – Backend Development with Flask

10. Chapter 8: SQL and Data Modeling

11. Chapter 9: API Development and Documentation

12. Chapter 10: Integrating the React Frontend with the Flask Backend

13. Chapter 11: Fetching and Displaying Data in a React-Flask Application

14. Chapter 12: Authentication and Authorization

15. Chapter 13: Error Handling

16. Chapter 14: Modular Architecture – Harnessing the Power of Blueprints

17. Chapter 15: Flask Unit Testing

18. Chapter 16: Containerization and Flask Application Deployment

19. Index

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