APIs

Delve into the foundational concepts of REST APIs, including real-world usage, HTTP fundamentals, RESTfulness, naming conventions, essential tools for API development, and creating a Django project using pipenv. Gain insights into REST best practices, security, and authentication, while working with labs and exercises to reinforce learning.

Explore the Django REST framework, from its setup and installation to advanced concepts such as decorators, serializers, routing, ViewSets, and more. Dive into practical projects like converting a booklist API project to DRF and building a restaurant menu API with serialization, encompassing a comprehensive understanding of DRF functionalities.

Gain expertise in advanced API development, covering filtering, searching, ordering, pagination, caching, token-based authentication, user roles, API throttling, and Djoser library for enhanced authentication. Learn about data validation, sanitization, and apply these concepts to practical scenarios such as a restaurant menu API with filtering, ordering, and searching.

Conclude the course with a final project assessment, consolidating all acquired knowledge into a comprehensive project. Reflect on the challenges encountered, peer-review solutions, and complete a final graded quiz to test your proficiency in APIs and REST architecture.