Overview

Flask

Stacks19.3K

Followers16.2K

Votes60

Falcon

Stacks87

Followers201

Votes89

Falcon vs Flask: What are the differences?

Introduction

Falcon and Flask are both popular web frameworks for Python. Although they have similar objectives, there are key differences between the two.

Architecture: Falcon is a minimalist framework that follows a microservices-oriented architecture, while Flask is a full-featured framework that follows a monolithic architecture. Falcon focuses on providing a lightweight and efficient framework for building APIs, while Flask offers a more comprehensive set of tools and features for web development.
Performance: Falcon is known for its extremely fast performance and low memory footprint. It is designed to handle large numbers of concurrent requests efficiently. On the other hand, Flask, while still performing well, may not be as optimized for high-performance scenarios as Falcon.
Routing: Falcon uses a powerful routing engine based on URI templates, which provides flexibility and expressive power when defining routes. Flask, on the other hand, uses a more traditional routing system based on decorators, which is simpler and easier to understand for beginners.
Dependencies: Falcon has minimalistic dependencies, with only a few required libraries, making it lightweight and easy to install. Flask, on the other hand, has a larger number of dependencies, providing a more extensive set of features out of the box but also increasing the maintenance and installation complexity.
Extensibility: Falcon, being a minimalistic framework, lacks some features that Flask provides out of the box, such as form validation or session management. However, Falcon is highly extensible, allowing developers to easily add their own functionality or integrate with third-party libraries to fill in the gaps. Flask, being more feature-rich, provides many additional libraries and plugins to extend its capabilities without requiring custom implementations.
Learning Curve: Falcon has a steeper learning curve compared to Flask, as it requires a solid understanding of web development concepts and the Python language itself. Flask, on the other hand, provides a more beginner-friendly environment with excellent documentation and a large community that provides resources and support.

In Summary, Falcon excels in performance and lightweight architecture, while Flask offers a more comprehensive set of features and a lower learning curve for beginners.

Advice on Flask, Falcon

Kristan Eres

Senior Solutions Analyst

Jul 30, 2020

Needs adviceon

Django

Python

Flask

My journey to developing REST APIs started with Flask Restful, and I've found it to be enough for the needs of my project back then. Now that I've started investing more time on personal projects, I've yet to decide if I should move to use Django for writing REST APIs. I often see job posts looking for Python+Django developers, but it's usually for full-stack developers. I'm primarily interested in Data Engineering, so most of my web projects are back end.

Should I continue with what I know (Flask) or move on to Django?

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Comments

Saurav

Application Devloper at Bny Mellon

Mar 27, 2020

Needs advice

I have just started learning Python 3 weeks ago. I want to create a REST API using python. The API will be used to save form data in an Oracle database. The front end is using AngularJS 8 with Angular Material. In python, there are so many frameworks to develop REST APIs.

I am looking for some suggestions which REST framework to choose?

Here are some features I am looking for:

Easy integration and unit testing, like in Angular. We just want to run a command.
Code packaging, like in java maven project we can build and package. I am looking for something which I can push in as an artifact and deploy whole code as a package.
Support for swagger/ OpenAPI
Support for JSON Web Token
Support for test case coverage report

Framework can have features included or can be available by extension. Also, you can suggest a framework other than the ones I have mentioned.

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Girish

Software Engineer at FireVisor Systems

Apr 17, 2020

Needs adviceon

Python

Nameko

RabbitMQ

Which is the best Python framework for microservices?

We are using Nameko for building microservices in Python. The things we really like are dependency injection and the ease with which one can expose endpoints via RPC over RabbitMQ. We are planning to try a tool that helps us write polyglot microservices and nameko is not super compatible with it. Also, we are a bit worried about the not so good community support from nameko and looking for a python alternate to write microservices.

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Detailed Comparison

Flask	Falcon
Flask is intended for getting started very quickly and was developed with best intentions in mind.	Falcon is a minimalist WSGI library for building speedy web APIs and app backends. We like to think of Falcon as the Dieter Rams of web frameworks.
-	Intuitive routing via URI templates and resource classes;Easy access to headers and bodies through request and response classes;Idiomatic HTTP error responses via a handy exception base class;DRY request processing using global, resource, and method hooks;Snappy unit testing through WSGI helpers and mocks;20% speed boost when Cython is available;Python 2.6, Python 2.7, PyPy and Python 3.3/3.4 support
Statistics
Stacks 19.3K	Stacks 87
Followers 16.2K	Followers 201
Votes 60	Votes 89
Pros & Cons
Pros 10 For it flexibility 9 Flexibilty and easy to use 7 User friendly 6 Secured 5 Unopinionated Cons 10 Not JS 7 Context 5 Not fast 1 Don't has many module as in spring	Pros 13 Python 11 FAST 10 Minimal 8 Well designed 8 REST oriented
Integrations
No integrations available	Python

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Sinatra

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Lumen

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Fastify

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