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.
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
4.) Relative complexity to other frameworks
6.) Beginner-Friendly & fewer requirements for execution
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
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
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
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.