Backend Development with Python: backend basics, intro to Python, Django and first applications

In this first chapter you will learn what it means to develop software for the backend. We cover initial basic steps like backend concepts and fundamentals and we then introduce you to Python, SQL and Front-end Development, to give you a full overview.

This is a long chapter that will teach you the basics of the Python programming language. We have structured this chapter to be used by beginners that never used Python. Toward the end you will also build a simple application in Python and get introduce to Git and Github.

Let’s take a break from back-end development: in this chapter I want to teach you enough about front-end development to let you build applications on the back-end side that you can still use and expose to your users.

This chapter is completely dedicated to Django and it will teach you everything to adopt it to build your first application. Django is a popular framework supported by thousands of people using it.

Becoming great at building back-end applications doesn’t require just hard skills like Python or Django. In this chapter you will learn how mastering soft skills, team collaboration and project management can really help you succeed and move faster.