Learn how to add authentication to a Flask and React microservice!
This course details how to add user authentication to a Flask and React microservice. You'll use-
In this first part, you'll learn how to quickly spin up a reproducible development environment with Docker to manage a RESTful API powered by Python, the Flask web framework, Flask-RESTX, and Postgres. We'll then add React along with Vitest (a JavaScript test runner) and React Testing Library (a testing library designed specifically for React) to the client-side. We'll also add styling with Chakra UI and continuous integration (CI).
In part 2, we'll add password hashing in order to implement token-based authentication to the Flask app with JSON Web Tokens (JWTs). We'll then turn our attention to the client-side and add React Router to the React app to enable client-side routing along with Formik and Zod for managing and validating forms.
In part 3, on the client-side we'll add an authentication flow via JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) and spend time refactoring and writing tests with React Testing Library. We'll then turn our attention to ops and deploy the application to Heroku using the GitLab CI pipeline.
This is not a beginner course. It's designed for the advanced-beginner -- someone with at least six months of web development experience. Before beginning, you should have some familiarity with the following topics. Refer to these resources for more info:
I really enjoyed the Test-Driven Development with Python, Flask, and Docker course! I built two Flask applications before going through the course that were very inconsistent. This course gave me production-level consistency as well as many advanced Flask features I did not know about. Previously, I had a Flask application driving both the front and back-end with just Jinja rendering the templates. Now I am building a more robust project with Flask as a REST API on the back-end and React as client-side app. So this course along with Authentication with Flask, React, and Docker are perfect for me. Thanks!
I've been reading quite a bit around the Internet on how to start moving our monolithic app that became a monster to a microservice architecture. I had a hard time wrapping my head around how to do it; and, I have to be honest, it was scary and I wasn't sure I could do it. After finding out about TestDriven.io and signing up for the Test-Driven Development with Python, Flask, and Docker and Authentication with Flask, React, and Docker courses, I finally was able to understand how to develop microservices with all the tools that are being used in the enterprise world. The courses are easy to understand and, at the same time, deep enough to get you started in the world of microservices.
As a practicing anesthesiologist and a computer geek from way back, I've had a number of projects (without confidential data, of course) that I've been trying to get off the ground. But I kept going around in circles with Docker, Flask, and React. Michael's book is well written, clear and has given me a great base of knowledge and best practice in regards to really getting my projects done. Best of all, it's given me the confidence to just get on and get coding. Thanks!!
Great resource! If you want to get practical knowledge about microservices, implementing Flask and React and Dockerizing it -- I'm sure you will be satisfied.
The Microservices with Docker, Flask, and React course bundle is the best course I've ever purchased! It teaches you how to design and build a microservices web application that can be deployed as a real production app. What really makes Michael's teaching unique is that after the basic guidelines, he pushes you to read and explore each tool, technology, and framework used in the course -- thus making you a better software engineer!
What tools and technologies are used in this course?
This course covers a variety of technologies and services:
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How long does it take to complete the course?
It's dependent on your current skill level. On average, it takes approximately 12 hours to complete.