Method
Flexible
Term
FALL
Units
2.0 QUARTER UNITS
Estimated Cost
$760

Skills you will gain

  • Develop RESTful APIs with Python Django: Build and implement RESTful services and their clients using the popular Python Django framework.
  • Apply RESTful API Best Practices: Design and integrate efficient, scalable APIs based on industry best practices.
  • Understand Data Exchange Formats: Work with common data formats like JSON and XML for seamless data exchange.
  • Create Real-World Software Solutions: Demonstrate API design skills by applying them to real-world projects and use cases.
  • Integrate APIs with Business Applications: Successfully integrate RESTful APIs with different data sources for efficient application functionality.

Course Description


Databases, websites, and business applications need to exchange data. This is accomplished by defining standard data formats such as Extensible Markup Language (XML) or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), as well as transfer protocols or Web services such as the Standard Object Access Protocol (SOAP) or the more popular Representational State Transfer (REST). Developers often have to design their own Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to make applications work while integrating specific business logic around operating systems, languages or servers. This course introduces these concepts with a focus on the RESTful API.

The course also introduces the data exchange mechanism and common data formats. For Web exchange, you will learn the HTTP protocol, including how to use SOAP with XML. The course compares SOAP and REST, then covers the concepts of stateless transfer. It introduces software API design and best design practices. The second half of the course focuses on RESTful API design and implementations using Python Django, the most popular web development framework. You will learn how to build and consume RESTful services using JSON and XML, and integrate RESTful API with different data sources through hands-on coding projects. Through four coding assignments, which form the course project, you will apply what you have learned to implement a Single-Page Application (SPA) with both the front-end (provided by the instructor) and the Django-based backend with REST web service.

This course is intended for software developers who use data in projects. It is also useful for data professionals who need to understand the methods of data exchange and how to interact with business applications.

Prerequisites / Skills Needed

Python programming experience is required for the exercises and the project.

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