Flask Flashcards

A lightweight WSGI web application framework in Python that’s easy to extend and simple to use.

Flask itself is synchronous, but you can integrate it with asyncio or use frameworks like Quart for async support.

Use pip install Flask to install Flask via pip.

A URL pattern defined in your app using the @app.route() decorator to bind functions to URLs.

Flask uses Jinja2 templating engine to render HTML files from a ‘templates’ folder.

Flask provides a secure session object stored in cookies, using a secret key.

Use Flask’s built-in test client along with pytest or unittest for integration and unit testing.

Yes, Flask is commonly used to build REST APIs using routes and JSON responses.

Use the flask-cors extension to allow cross-origin requests.

In a folder named static within your Flask project; accessible via url_for('static', ...).