You're reading from Full Stack FastAPI, React, and MongoDB Build Python web applications with the FARM stack

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803231822

Length 336 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

FastAPI

Concepts

Full Stack Web Development

Author (1):

Marko Aleksendrić

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Introduction to the FARM Stack and the Components FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Web Development and the FARM Stack

3. Chapter 2: Setting Up the Document Store with MongoDB

4. Chapter 3: Getting Started with FastAPI

5. Chapter 4: Setting Up a React Workflow

6. Part 2 – Parts of the Stack Working Together

7. Chapter 5: Building the Backend for Our Application

8. Chapter 6: Building the Frontend of the Application

9. Chapter 7: Authentication and Authorization

10. Part 3 – Deployment and Final Thoughts

11. Chapter 8: Server-Side Rendering and Image Processing with FastAPI and Next.js

12. Chapter 9: Building a Data Visualization App with the FARM Stack

13. Chapter 10: Caching with Redis and Deployment on Ubuntu (DigitalOcean) and Netlify

14. Chapter 11: Useful Resources and Project Ideas

15. Index

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