Flask and Frontend Frameworks: A Practical Guide to Combining Vue.js with Flask

### A Practical Summary of Combining Flask and Vue.js This article introduces the practical process of combining Flask (backend) with Vue.js (frontend) to achieve front-end and back-end separation development. The advantages of choosing both are clear division of labor (backend handles data, frontend is responsible for interaction), efficient collaboration, and flexible data interaction. For the development environment, Python/Flask (with the cross-domain tool flask-cors) and Node.js/Vue-cli (with the Axios data request tool) need to be installed. The project structure is divided into two independent directories: the back-end Flask and the front-end Vue. In the back-end setup, Flask provides API interfaces through `app.py` (e.g., `/api/users` to get user lists), running on port 5000 and returning JSON data. After creating the Vue project, the front-end uses Axios to request back-end data in `App.vue` and renders the user list with `v-for`. During testing, start the Flask back-end (`python app.py`) and the Vue front-end (`npm run serve`), then access `http://localhost:8080` to see the data obtained from the back-end. Common issues include cross-domain configuration, Axios path errors, and Vue rendering problems, which can be resolved through corresponding methods. Summary: This mode enables efficient collaboration between front and back ends. Future extensions could include user CRUD operations and...

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