Build a Backend REST API with Python & Django - Advanced

7h 57m 59s
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Course description

Welcome to the advanced course on how to Build a Backend REST API using Python, Django (2.0), Django REST Framework (3.9), Docker, Travis CI, Postgres and Test Driven Development! Whether you’re a freelance programmer, tech entrepreneur, or just starting out building backends - this course will help lay the foundation of your knowledge base and give you the tools to advance your skills with some of the most in-demand programming languages today.

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APIs are the unsung heroes behind the technologies that we all love and use religiously.

One of the most critical components for any tech-based business is an API. So knowing how to create an API from start to finish is a vital skill to have as a developer. You cannot build a successful app without a backend REST API!

In this course I’ll show you how to build an advanced API that handles creating and updating user profiles, changing passwords, creating objects, uploading images, filtering and searching objects, and more.

The best way to learn anything is to do it. So the practical application of the course -- the project that you’ll build along side me -- is an API. A recipe API, to be specific.

You will learn how to build an advanced recipe API that allows you to upload and store some of your favourite recipes from photos and the web.

You’ll learn how to create objects i.e. recipes with titles, price points, cooking times, ingredients and tags like “comfort food”, “vegan” or “dessert”. Think of it as a virtual recipe box.

By the end of this course you will have built a fully functioning REST API that can handle:

  • User authentication

  • Creating objects

  • Filtering and sorting objects

  • Uploading and viewing images

You’ll also learn, in detail how to:

  • Setup a project with Docker and Docker-Compose

  • Configure Travis-CI to automatically run linting and unit tests

  • Write unit tests using the Django Test Framework

  • Apply best practice principles including Test Driven Development  

  • Handle uploading media files with Django

  • Customize the Django admin

  • Configure a Postgres database

This course has one singular focus: To teach you how to create an advanced API from start to finish using best practice principles and Test Driven Development.

This course is NOT FOR YOU:

  • If you’re looking for a course to build an API, a front end, and deployment

  • If you’re looking to build 10 different apps in one course

  • If you want to learn lots of different technologies and approaches to app development in general

This is a hands-on course, with a bit of theory and lots of opportunities to test your knowledge.

The content is challenging but rewarding. Ready for it? Let’s dive in!

**PLEASE NOTE: You cannot run Docker on Windows 10 Home edition. This is because Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise is required in order to use Hyper-V which Docker uses for virtualization. To take this course you have two options. These are covered in Lecture 6, which is free to preview before purchasing the course.

Requirements:
  • Basic knowledge of programming and building simple applications
  • Familiar with Django
  • Comfortable using command line tools (Terminal/Command Prompt)
  • macOS, Linux or Windows machine capable of running Docker (This excludes Windows 10 Home)
  • Positive attitude and willingness to learn!
Who this course is for:
  • Intermediate programmers who already have some understanding of Python and want to skill up
  • Developers proficient in other languages but looking to add Python to their toolkit

What you'll learn:

  • Setting up a local development server with Docker
  • Writing a Python project using Test Driven Development
  • Building a REST API with advanced features such as uploading and viewing images
  • Creating a backend that can be used a base for your future projects or MVP
  • Hands on experience applying best practice principles such as PEP-8 and unit tests
  • Configure Travis-CI to automate code checks

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All Course Lessons (72)

#Lesson TitleDurationAccess
1
Welcome to Build a Backend API with Django REST Framework - Advanced Demo
02:21
2
Intro to the course
02:25
3
Course structure
01:04
4
How to get the most out of this course
00:55
5
How to get help
01:26
6
Python
00:49
7
Django
00:55
8
Django REST Framework
00:47
9
Docker
00:36
10
Travis-CI
00:44
11
Postgres
00:19
12
What is test driven development?
04:01
13
Setup new GitHub project
02:51
14
Add Dockerfile
09:57
15
Configure Docker Compose
05:23
16
Create Django project
02:57
17
Enable Travis-CI for project
01:42
18
Create Travis-CI configuration file
07:16
19
Writing a simple unit test
05:48
20
Writing a unit test with TDD
05:09
21
Create core app
02:53
22
Add tests for custom user model
05:42
23
Implement custom user model
10:24
24
Normalize email addresses
03:26
25
Add validation for email field
02:37
26
Add support for creating superusers
05:21
27
Add tests for listing users in Django admin
09:31
28
Modify Django admin to list our custom user model
02:28
29
Modify Django admin to support changing user model
07:49
30
Modify Django admin to support creating users
04:57
31
Add postgres to docker compose
05:26
32
Add postgres support to Dockerfile
05:44
33
Configure database in Django
02:53
34
Mocking with unittests
01:31
35
Add tests for wait_for_db command
11:44
36
Add wait_for_db command
07:32
37
Make docker compose wait for db
02:52
38
Test in browser
03:02
39
Create users app
03:30
40
Add tests for create user API
16:44
41
Add create user API
13:53
42
Add tests for creating a new token
10:40
43
Add create token API
13:54
44
Add tests for manage user endpoint
11:51
45
Add manage user endpoint
11:25
46
Create recipe app
02:16
47
Add tag model
08:10
48
Add tests for listing tags
12:09
49
Add feature to list tags
12:13
50
Add create tags feature
07:08
51
Add ingredient model
04:09
52
Add tests for listing ingredients
10:30
53
Implement feature for list ingredients
05:05
54
Implement feature for creating ingredients
07:39
55
Re-factor tags and ingredients viewsets
07:05
56
Add recipe model
12:51
57
Add tests for listing recipes
15:17
58
Implement feature for listing recipes
08:39
59
Add tests for retrieving recipe detail
09:13
60
Implement feature for retrieving recipe detail
07:07
61
Add tests for creating recipes
11:27
62
Implement feature for creating recipes
04:23
63
Add tests for updating recipes
09:43
64
Add Pillow requirement
12:16
65
Modify recipe model
11:54
66
Add tests for uploading image to recipe
13:30
67
Add feature to upload image
11:18
68
Add tests for filtering recipes
08:58
69
Implement feature to filter recipes
09:20
70
Add tests for filtering tags and ingredients
13:00
71
Implement feature for filtering tags and ingredients
06:32
72
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