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#483: Reflex Framework: Frontend, Backend, Pure Python

2024/10/29
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Michael Kennedy: 本期节目讨论了Reflex框架，该框架允许开发者仅使用Python代码创建完整的Web应用，并处理部署。传统的Python Web框架（如Django、Flask）主要处理后端，前端开发仍需使用其他技术，而Reflex框架旨在简化这一过程，将Web开发的不同层统一到一个框架中。 Elvis Kahoro: Reflex框架的使命是简化Web开发流程，让新手更容易地分享他们的想法。Python被广泛应用于各种领域，但传统上并不常用于前端开发。JavaScript是前端开发的主流语言，而Python在前端开发中应用较少。Reflex框架旨在弥合Python开发者在构建Web应用时前后端技术割裂的差距，让开发者使用同一框架从原型开发到生产部署。Reflex框架面临的挑战是如何在包含所有必要功能的同时保持灵活性。 Nikhil Rao: Reflex框架将整个React生态系统带给后端开发者，并允许他们轻松集成自定义组件。Reflex框架的设计目标是让开发者无需切换到其他框架。Reflex框架将Python代码编译成Next.js前端应用和FastAPI后端应用，基于React，并允许开发者轻松集成自定义React组件。Reflex框架拥有一个活跃的开源社区，开发者可以贡献和共享组件。Reflex框架内置了一键部署功能，简化了部署流程。

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Reflex is a Python framework designed to simplify web app development, unifying the front-end, back-end, database, and hosting into a single, flexible platform. It aims to address the challenge faced by Python developers who often need to use JavaScript for front-end development, by allowing them to build entire web apps in pure Python.
  • Reflex handles front-end, back-end, and deployment, allowing developers to focus on Python code.
  • It offers a batteries-included approach while remaining flexible for customization.
  • Reflex compiles Python code into a production-ready web app using Next.js for the front-end and FastAPI for the back-end.

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Let's say you want to create a web app and you know Python really well. Your first thought might be Flask or Django or even FastAPI? All good choices but there is a lot to get a full web app into production. The framework we'll talk about today, Reflex, allows you to just write Python code and it turns it into a full web app running FastAPI, NextJS, React and more plus it handles the deployment for you. It's a cool idea. Let's talk to Elvis Kahoro and Nikhil Rao from Reflex.dev.

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Elvis: github.com) Nikhil: github.com)

Reflex Framework: reflex.dev) Reflex source: github.com) Reflex docs: reflex.dev) Reflex Roadmap: github.com) AG Grid: ag-grid.com)

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