Professional RESTful API Design using Python Flask (Udemy.com)

This is not so much about the information presented thus far, but more of the uncertainty I now have whether or not I will even be able to run the code in my computer. The promo page prerequisites were NOT clear enough to convey to the potential user that there are several pieces of software that nee to be installed before being able to follow along and the compatible systems. So as I go along, I am not even sure if after watching for more than 1/2 hour, if I will be able to continue until after the software installation section. Please be more transparent regarding systems requirements, and not just simply stating a computer connected to the internet.

Overall a great introduction to Flask RESTful development. I think it could have gone into a few more details, such as filtering and sorting, or how to re-use boilerplate code for simple operations, but at 4+ hours this was just the bite sized amount to refresh my skills in Flask.

The code samples are clear and concise, the explanations about the code and how they work are very good, but the reasons about why doing it are absent. I'd suggest the author to provide a section, previous to the presentation of Docker and Flask/Python, presenting the end results, how do they work and how they can be applied, so the learner knows how the current section fits the overall project.

This is one course I highly advise on. The course instructor teaches in depth how to structure your API documents and a very professional and effective way of writing code. The instructor goes ahead and builds the API using in-memory storage which is a very effective way of learning before integrating the database.

I really like how the professor explains the creation of an API, especially the testing part, since it's a very important aspect of programming that is oftentimes overlooked. It would be the perfect course to learn about APIs in Flask, but some of the libraries he uses are soon to be deprecated. I really recommend it if you know nothing about APIs.

Author assumes that students already took his docker course , but it wasn’t mentioned in the prerequisites. He said in the introductory video that if a student doesn’t know docker he’ll be explaining as we go along. But he doesn’t. He doesn’t even help with the installation. I have zero docker knowledge. I’ll learn that first. I am not new to flask but even the flask code he writes is too fast.

Another wonderful course by Jorge. Comparing to the older courses that I have taken from the same instructor, this assumes you have mastered the various concepts of Flask development and is going at a much faster pace. Advisable to take his other Flask Development courses first before taking this, not for beginners.

It was very useful to see the code developing as the course proceeded and a good learning experience following along applying the changes as the instructor demonstrated and explained them. The demonstrations of the use of the postman tool were perfect for me as I had never used that tool before. By the end I am a complete convert and will be using it from now on. Whenever I broke something in source code I was able to find my error by using Kcompare to view the diff between the downloaded archive and my local source tree. It would be useful for less experienced student to have this simple technique at least mentioned somewhere, preferable near the beginning of the course.

There's a lot of material here and Jorge doesn't mess around too much so you should definitely copy and paste the code rather than write it. I had done a Flask course before so was a little bit familiar with it and Postman and this helped. I was very pleased with the course content and the code on github which all worked - which isn't always the case. I now need to spend time to really understand what is going on but with this working example I definitely know a lot more about Flask, running tests in python and mongodb than I did before I started. Start to finish probably took about 30 hours over 4 days.

This is an excellent course on APIs in Python. I've learned several things that I was not familiar with including Pluggable Views for APIs and how to implement API tokens. It's not an introductory course and the instructor goes through the material fairly quickly but it was a perfect pace and level for me. Highly recommended.