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Are you tired of boring, outdated, incomplete, or incorrect tutorials? I say no more to copy-pasting code that you don’t understand.
Are you tired of boring, outdated, incomplete, or incorrect tutorials? I say no more to copy-pasting code that you don’t understand.
Welcome to the bestselling REST API course on Udemy. I'm Jose. I'm a software engineer, here to help you truly understand and develop your skills in web and REST API development with Python, Flask, and Docker.
Production-ready REST APIs with Flask
This course will guide you in creating simple, intermediate, and advanced REST APIs including authentication, deployments, databases, and much more.
We'll start with a Python refresher that will take you from the very basics to some of the most advanced features of Python—that's all the Python you need to complete the course.
Using Flask and popular extensions Flask-Smorest, Flask-JWT-Extended, and Flask-SQLAlchemy we will dive right into developing complete, solid, production-ready REST APIs.
We will also look into essential technologies like Git and database migrations with Alembic.
You'll be able to...
Create resource-based, production-ready REST APIs using Python, Flask, and popular Flask extensions;
Handle secure user registration and authentication with Flask.
Using SQLAlchemy and Flask-SQLAlchemy to easily and efficiently store resources to a database; and
Understand the complex intricacies of deployments of Flask REST APIs.
Use Docker to simplify running and deploying your REST APIs.
But what is a REST API anyway?
A REST API is an application that accepts data from clients and returns data back. For example, a REST API could accept text data from the client, such as a username and password, and return whether that is a valid user in the database.
When developing REST APIs, our clients are usually web apps or mobile apps. That's in contrast to when we make websites, where the clients are usually the users themselves.
Together we'll develop a REST API that not only allows clients to authenticate but also to store and retrieve any data you want from a database. Learning this will help you develop any REST API that you need for your own projects.
I pride myself on providing excellent support and feedback to every single student. I am always available to guide you and answer your questions.
I'll see you on the inside. Take your first step towards REST API mastery.
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What's inside
Learning objectives
- Connect web or mobile applications to databases and servers via rest apis
- Create secure and reliable rest apis which include authentication, deployments, and database migrations
- Understand the different layers of a web server and how web applications interact with each other
- Handle seamless user authentication with advanced features like token refresh
- Handle log-outs and prevent abuse in your rest apis with jwt blacklisting
- Develop professional-grade rest apis with expert instruction
- Optimize performance of your rest apis using task queues and background workers
- Connect web or mobile applications to databases and servers via rest apis
- Create secure and reliable rest apis which include authentication, deployments, and database migrations
- Understand the different layers of a web server and how web applications interact with each other
- Handle seamless user authentication with advanced features like token refresh
- Handle log-outs and prevent abuse in your rest apis with jwt blacklisting
- Develop professional-grade rest apis with expert instruction
- Optimize performance of your rest apis using task queues and background workers
Syllabus
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This course is structured in a specific way to make it as easy as possible for you to get exactly what you want out of it.
This lecture looks at maximising your time's value by making the course as efficient as possible for you.
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Syllabus
This course is structured in a specific way to make it as easy as possible for you to get exactly what you want out of it.
This lecture looks at maximising your time's value by making the course as efficient as possible for you.
Installing Python is very simple! Follow these steps and you'll be up and running in no time.
Installing Python is very simple! Follow these steps and you'll be up and running in no time.
This is a short introductory video to this section. I'm really excited to guide you through this Python refresher course!
This lecture has a link to all the Python code we'll write in this section. Use it to check your code as you write it, or to refresh your memory!
Let's look at variables in Python. Variables are just names for values, which we can reuse and reset.
Python is a dynamic typed language, which means variables don't need be constrained to a specific type.
The solution to the "Variables" Python coding exercise.
In this lecture we look at three essential data structures in Python: lists, tuples, and sets.
A list is an ordered collection of items.
A tuple is an immutable ordered collection of items.
A set is an unordered collection of unique items.
In this fascinating video, we look at advanced set operations: calculating items which are in two sets, or items which are in one set but not another.
The solution to the "Lists, tuples, and sets" Python coding exercise.
This video explores how to create programs which can change depending on some input. For example, we might ask the user if they want to continue or not.
This makes use of boolean comparisons, such as:
- 1 == 1 (which is True)
- 5 > 5 (which is False)
The boolean comparisons we have available in Python are many:
- ==
- !=
- >, <, <=, >=
- is
- is not
- in
- not in
Loops allow us to repeat things over and over. This video explores two different types of loop in Python: for loop and while loop.
The solution to the "Flow control" Python coding exercise.
List comprehension is a relatively unique thing to Python.
It allows us to succinctly use a for loop inside a list to generate values. These values then end up in the list.
For example, [x for x in range(10)] generates a list [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9].
Dictionaries are an extremely useful thing in Python.
They are akin to sets, but instead of being a set of unique values, they are a set of unique keys, and each has a value associated with it.
In this video, let's look at methods in Python by creating some examples. Creating methods is simple, you just need the one keyword: def.
The solution to the "Method" Python coding exercise.
The solution to the "Dictionaries and students" Python coding exercise.
*args and **kwargs are truly fascinatingly confusing. For eons, they have annoyed Python learners.
To this I say no more!
They're just a way of passing arguments.
Objects are the natural progression from dictionaries. Instead of just holding data, objects hold another special type of data: methods.
A method is a function which operates on the object calling it. Thus, an object can use its own values to calculate outputs of methods. Very cool.
The solution to the "Classes and objects" Python coding exercise.
In many instances, we don't want our methods to be solely referencing the object which calls them. Sometimes, we want to reference the class of the object. Other times, we don't need either the object or the class.
@classmethod and @staticmethod are two decorators (looking at that shortly!) which extend the capabilities of methods.
The solution to the "@classmethod and @staticmethod" Python coding exercise.
Classes in Python can also inherit from one another. This essentially means that a class contains all of the properties and methods of the class it inherits from—but with the added bonus that it can have more.
Not only we can pass values from one method to another, but we can also pass functions.
This is not used very often, but it can sometimes yield very powerful methods in very few lines of code.
One of the most confusing aspects of Python for learners is the concept of decorators.
These are things we can place on top of function definitions which allow us to extend the function by executing code before and after the function.
They are extremely powerful when used well!
In this video we look at advanced decorators in Python, which is decorators that take arguments.
This amplifies the decorator's usefulness, although also makes them slightly more contrived.
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Set up a Python development environment
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Identify a problem or opportunity that can be addressed using a REST API
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Design and implement the REST API using Flask
Review Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition
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Get up to speed or refresh your knowledge on core Python concepts before the start of the course.
View
Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On,...
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- Read Chapters 1-4
- Complete the exercises and projects
Create a basic REST API using Flask
Show steps
Put your skills to the test by building a simple REST API from scratch.
Browse courses on
REST API
Show steps
- Set up a Python development environment
- Install Flask and any necessary libraries
- Create a basic Flask app
- Implement endpoints for CRUD operations
Solve REST API coding challenges
Show steps
Reinforce your understanding of REST API concepts and coding techniques.
Browse courses on
REST API
Show steps
- Find online coding challenges or create your own
- Attempt to solve the challenges on your own
Follow tutorials on advanced REST API features
Show steps
Expand your knowledge and learn advanced techniques for building robust REST APIs.
Browse courses on
REST API
Show steps
- Identify areas where you want to improve your skills
- Find tutorials that cover those topics
Develop a REST API for a real-world scenario
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Apply your skills to solve a practical problem and create a valuable project for your portfolio.
Browse courses on
REST API
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- Identify a problem or opportunity that can be addressed using a REST API
- Design and implement the REST API using Flask
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