Python Overview & Environment Setup
Why Python is everywhere in backend development, CPython vs alternatives, installing Python, virtual environments with venv, dependency management with pip, and choosing an IDE.
Concise and productive: Django/FastAPI for web, huge ecosystem for scripting and data.
Why Python is everywhere in backend development, CPython vs alternatives, installing Python, virtual environments with venv, dependency management with pip, and choosing an IDE.
Numbers, strings, lists, tuples, dicts and sets; if/for/while; functions, *args and **kwargs; decorators; and comprehensions — everything needed to write real Python.
Why async beats threads for IO-bound work, coroutine basics, the event loop, await and gather, working with async databases and HTTP clients, and common pitfalls.
Routing, path and query parameters, Pydantic validation, dependency injection, async databases, JWT authentication and Docker deployment — modern Python backend in one guide.