Series: Building a Social Network with Flask, React & Stream – Part 14

In this third installment of a tutorial series on building a full-stack application using Flask, React/Redux, and Stream, the focus is on completing the authentication flow and integrating a basic profile component. The tutorial covers implementing a login portal and a settings page for editing user information, as well as setting up user profile pages and managing authenticated and unauthenticated routing using Higher-Order Components. The article also delves into creating custom reducers and middleware to handle state changes and local storage, constructing components for login and settings, and setting up routes in the application router. Additionally, it addresses server-side setup for handling requests and creating views for user authentication and profile management, including error handling and validation. The use of Higher-Order Components enables conditional routing based on user authentication status, and the tutorial concludes with the creation of a custom 404 page and a user profile component, paving the way for further integration of Stream React components.