Key Aspects of Web Development in Python

Included in the course

What you'll learn

• Learn about MVC and ORM
• Create simple pages with Python
• Install and run an application on the Flask microframework
• Realistically estimate the amount of knowledge required for professional development

Description

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of modern web development in Python. You will learn about networking protocols and interfaces, databases, and ORMs, web frameworks, and the MVC concept. The knowledge gained from this course will help you decide on further areas of study and give you an overview of modern backend and web development. This course is suitable for anyone new to Python development.

Course program

• 1

  Introduction

  Getting acquainted with the topic of the course

  theory
• 2

  Python backend

  Learning how a typical backend written in Python works

  theory

  quiz

• 3

  HTTP Protocol

  Learning the basics of network protocols

  theory

  quiz

• 4

  Microframeworks

  Learning what microframeworks are

  theory

  quiz

• 5

  Templating

  Finding out how the server generates an HTML query

  theory

  quiz

• 6

  DBMS

  Learning about databases and ways to work with them

  theory

  quiz

• 7

  ORM

  Learning how to model data in the database and access them, leaning on the concept of ORM

  theory

  quiz

• 8

  MVC

  Learning about MVC and design patterns

  theory

  quiz

• 9

  Fullstack frameworks

  Learning about the capabilities of full-stack frameworks

  theory

  quiz

• 10

  API

  Learning the concept of API, an important part of the modern web

  theory

  quiz

• 11

  Tests

  Learning about automatic code testing

  theory

  quiz

• 12

  Collections

  Looking at collections and learning how to work with them

  theory

  quiz

• 13

  Other

  Covering some important topics that are not part of the core course

  theory

  quiz

• 14

  What's next?

  Summarizing the course

  theory
• 15

  Additional resources

  Some materials the Hexlet team have picked up. This will give you a more in-depth understanding of the topic