Summary

Now that we have learned how to manipulate both the request and the response, we can build some really powerful applications. Whether we are building an HTML-based website, a JSON-powered web API, a streaming content application, or a combination of them all, Sanic provides us with the tools we need.

One of the first things we discussed is that Sanic tries hard to not obstruct the build of an application. We, as developers, have the freedom to build with different tools and layer them together to build a truly unique platform. This is very much prevalent when we realize the freedom given to the developer regarding the response object. Do you need to write bytes directly? Sure. Do you want to use a specific templating engine? Not a problem!

Now that we have a basic understanding of how to handle the life cycle of an HTTP connection from a request through to a response, we can start to see what else we have at our disposal. In the next chapter, we will take a deeper dive...