> I thought Flask was a minimal micro framework but this looks as bloated as Django.
What kind of web applications have you written, and in what language/frameworks? My experience doesn't match yours. Flask is minimal in the sense that it doesn't add ORM, auth, assets etc to the core framework. There is nothing bloated about Flask, or even Django.
I think the fact that the tutorial shows off tons of plugins is a little confusing in this case. They aren't necessary at all and with them, it does look bloated.
What kind of web applications have you written, and in what language/frameworks? My experience doesn't match yours. Flask is minimal in the sense that it doesn't add ORM, auth, assets etc to the core framework. There is nothing bloated about Flask, or even Django.