Expanded Library
FastAPI: The Big Picture
by Abdul Rehman Yousaf
This course explores the FastAPI framework to build APIs
quickly and talks about why FastAPI is worth considering,
the tradeoffs to consider, and reasons FastAPI may, or may
not be, the right fit for you.
What you'll learn
FastAPI is a modern, high-performance, web framework for
building APIs with Python 3.7+ based on standard Python
type-hints. In this course, FastAPI: The Big Picture, you’ll learn
about what FastAPI is and what it is capable of. First, you’ll
explore what FastAPI is along with its various features. Next,
you’ll discover how to build a basic REST API using FastAPI.
Finally, you’ll learn about where FastAPI stands when we
compare it with other big giants like Django, Django REST
Framework, and Flask. When you’re finished with this
course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of FastAPI
needed to quickly build high-performance APIs.
About the author
Abdul Rehman is the founder of Pythonist.org, a software consulting, training, and application development company. Currently, he is working as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Nexthon Technologies where he built several amazing projects powered with artificial intelligence. Prior to that, he worked as a Cloud Solution Architect, building powerful, secure, and scalable infrastructures on various cloud vendors like Google Cloud Platform and AWS. During both of these roles, he used Python as ... morethe core language for his development. He is an experienced presenter and teacher, having spoken at several conferences, software groups, and internal corporate venues. Abdul is also an active member of the open-source community, contributing regularly to various Python and Machine Learning related projects. Abdul holds a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from the University of Gujrat Pakistan.