In case you are interested, I have written an article on how to combine React and Flask projects where the techniques we are going to use here are explained in detail. What I have found to be the easiest way to combine a React front end and a Flask back end is to create the React project first, and then create the back end in a subdirectory.

Since this project uses front and back ends, we will create a hybrid project structure that includes both together.

Some basic knowledge of Flask and React, the two frameworks that we will use for the back and front ends respectively.

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Review the installation instructions for your operating system. If your operating system does not provide a Python interpreter, you can go to to download an installer. To follow this tutorial you need the following components: A Rect front end that allows your users to chat on the different chat rooms.A command-line interface to manage your chat rooms.The main features of the application we will build are: In this tutorial you will learn the basics of the Conversations API by creating a web chat application with support for multiple chat rooms. The Twilio Conversations API is a great way to build a unified messaging solution that works across SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, web and mobile chat.

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