What are the advantages of using Flask?

In our earlier post, we looked at what is Flask, In this one, we shall understand what are its advantages.

To begin with,
Flask is a micro-web framework used in python to create websites easily. 

Flask is called a micro-framework because it does not hold any specific libraries but it does offer a lot of extensions which helps us a lot to develop a solid foundation for a web application.

Advantages of using Flask:

1.) Flexibility 

One of the best things about using flask is that it is very flexible. It means that it is very easy to alter almost everything when it comes to using flask. This means that you can change anything anytime that you have coded in flask as you wish.

2.) Scalability

The most annoying thing about using web frameworks is that they are not scalable. It means that when your website is small and has less traffic it is easy to handle but with time when its traffic increases it becomes tough and tough. But this problem is solved by flask, as it is scalable.

Being scalable is the main reason that “Pinterest” changed their web framework from Django to flask. This is because when the site expanded it needed more and more support.

3.) Easy to learn and understand

The next main advantage of using flask web framework is that it is very easy to learn and understand. If you understand the basics of python it will be very easy for you to write your code in flask.

It is also very safe to use and because of its simplicity and minimality, it has become so much popular.

4.) Relative complexity to other frameworks

Being a micro-web framework you would think that maybe flask is somewhere on a low level when compared to Django and some other web frameworks, but it is not the case as flask is better and faster than Django.

As it is a micro-framework so it also has less cache, requests, etc. and these things make flask so much faster than Django.

Also, its feature to add extensions helps a lot when creating a website as because of these extensions the site becomes much more feature-oriented.

5.) Modular codes

 Another advantage that you get while coding in flask is that you can write modular codes with the help of flask. Writing modular codes means that you can create multiple web apps or servers that are distributed across a large network of servers.

All these multiple apps and servers have their own features and tasks that increase the overall efficiency, gives us better performance, and also increase testability.

6.) Beginner-Friendly & fewer requirements for execution

Some of the other basic features that flask provides is that it is much easier than any other web framework, this statement means that if you are just an average coder and you have just started to learn how to code and you want to create your very own web app, you will face a lot of problems if you use any other framework like Django but when it comes to flask with just a little bit knowledge about the basics of python, you will be able to create a full-fledged web site that can also have a lot of features to offer.