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Learn Web Development with Python

You're reading from   Learn Web Development with Python Get hands-on with Python Programming and Django web development

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Published in Dec 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789953299
Length 796 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fabrizio Romano Fabrizio Romano
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Gaston C. Hillar Gaston C. Hillar
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Arun Ravindran Arun Ravindran
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Table of Contents (33) Chapters Close

Title Page
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
1. A Gentle Introduction to Python FREE CHAPTER 2. Built-in Data Types 3. Iterating and Making Decisions 4. Functions, the Building Blocks of Code 5. Saving Time and Memory 6. OOP, Decorators, and Iterators 7. Files and Data Persistence 8. Testing, Profiling, and Dealing with Exceptions 9. Concurrent Execution 10. Debugging and Troubleshooting 11. Installing the Required Software and Tools 12. Working with Models, Migrations, Serialization, and Deserialization 13. Creating API Views 14. Using Generalized Behavior from the APIView Class 15. Understanding and Customizing the Browsable API Feature 16. Using Constraints, Filtering, Searching, Ordering, and Pagination 17. Securing the API with Authentication and Permissions 18. Applying Throttling Rules and Versioning Management 19. Automating Tests 20. Solutions 21. Templates 22. Admin Interface 23. Forms 24. Security 25. Working Asynchronously 26. Creating APIs 27. Production-Ready 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Enter the Python


Python is the marvelous creation of Guido Van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist and mathematician who decided to gift the world with a project he was playing around with over Christmas 1989. The language appeared to the public somewhere around 1991, and since then has evolved to be one of the leading programming languages used worldwide today.

I started programming when I was 7 years old, on a Commodore VIC-20, which was later replaced by its bigger brother, the Commodore 64. Its language was BASIC. Later on, I landed on Pascal, Assembly, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, PHP, ASP, ASP .NET, C#, and other minor languages I cannot even remember, but only when I landed on Python did I finally have that feeling that you have when you find the right couch in the shop. When all of your body parts are yelling, Buy this one! This one is perfect for us!

It took me about a day to get used to it. Its syntax is a bit different from what I was used to, but after getting past that initial feeling of discomfort (like having new shoes), I just fell in love with it. Deeply. Let's see why.

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