Python on the Backend (Udemy.com)
Learn python back end development, build a website or APIs in Python, designed for students with Mac or Windows
Created by: Hussein Nasser
Last updated February 2024
What you will learn
- Build cool web applications and APIs for other clients to consume
- Learn how to serve a basic website with Python as the back end
- Turn your existing Python libraries into web APIs to be consumed by other developers with other languages
- Install, use and deploy Jupyter Notebooks
- Learn how to Implement Load Balancing for your Backend Python services
- Learn Backend Database programming with Python and PostgresSQL: connect, query, write and commit transactions.
How it compares
Against the other 388 rated Udemy courses in Python on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 37% of them
- Reviews1,261#165 of 389 by number of reviews
- Length4.4 hoursshorter than 78% of them
- Last updatedFebruary 2024more recently than 56% of them
Course Description
Do you know Python and want to take it to the next level? How about writing a website in Python, or an API so your fellow developers can consume in JSON over simple HTTP. With the boom of microservices and API, developers who are used to working with Python writing scripts can now take their knowledge to the backend. This course will teach you the basic of web servers, how to setup the Python Web server and write interesting cool applications on the backend. By the end of the course you will be read to take on the world and write your own services and APIs, read and write from databases, do sophisticated load balancing on your Python services, work with Jupyter notebooks and much much more!
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
1,261 Reviews
Hussein Nasser
Early in my career 20 years ago I built database applications without fully grasping their inner mechanics. Facing performance issues, racing conditions bug and even corruption often left me helpless.
I resolved to truly understand the workings of database systems, ensuring I knew every query from my app and its execution in the db and what I choose to make as a transaction and what I make into an atomic query.
From that day I have fascinated by pursuing deep understanding of what is happening behind the scenes in software. If you follow me here you would see deep dive posts about backend, databases and operating systems.
If you enjoy pursing the internals, I think you may like my courses.
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Reviews
By Deepesh Goswami on 1/5/2026
I learned some concepts but expected that things would be much deeper and some vast with some training for beginners about the concepts and stuff rather than touching all the topics and getting good in some only. Its a good course to get the idea of backend but not learning that in detail
By Rodolfo Paredes on 1/16/2025
With simple examples you can learn many things that python is capable of doing with simple logic. It's just a proof of how it can solve diverse problems. Nassin does a very good job at teaching and going deep sometimes in explaining how technology works.
By Heba Allah Hashim on 9/11/2024
It was so useful and I learned a lot from it, I struggled to find some easy and useful sources about API In python and this course was so satisfying. I wish if there's another more advanced sections rn. I already following the instructor channel but courses are more structured and focused on one topic.
By Serda Simus on 5/27/2024
I hope he records this over since he is now a lot more confident and comfortable in front of the camera. Also, I would strongly recommend putting a little bit of effort into preparing and organizing the section. Effort goes a long way when it comes to production quality and delivering value. And the end users, the students, can tell. However, I know he is amazing on YouTube and I think this course is underwhelming because it was created during his early days and maybe he cut a few corners on quality and preparation to save time. I don't think he is the kind of person who delivers low quality stuff. I think this is mostly the shortcomings of a beginner(content creator). I have few other courses from him, and things improved. I am sorry but I MUST give this one a 3/5 star. It is good but he should consider redoing it. It would be a wonderful short introduction to Backend Engineering. I wouldn't recommend this one as-is. I think his Backend Fundamentals would be a better starting point. --@iamserda UPDATE: Originally, I gave this a 1-Star. I think it is about 3/5. Good enough, short but a bit bitter in terms of quality.
By Anonymized User on 1/15/2024
Hussein Nasser is obviously a great Backend tutor. The way he explains is just fantastic. I listen to his Podcasts, has watched his Backend course, Database course, Networking Course and now this Python course. Great to have such an amazing tutor!
By Eric Pugliano on 1/6/2021
This was a great introduction to Tornado and what goes into a python API. Very simple example using a text file for data storage, but it's the GET/POST that is the most important part of the course. The javascript video at the end was really cool even though I'm not familiar with it. Seeing it in action makes me want to learn it.
By Rafael Ramrez Ocaa on 12/20/2020
Fue mas de lo que esperaba, me parece un curso muy bueno
By Fatih Sahinbas on 11/14/2020
Simple and very nice
By Roshan on 11/10/2020
good
By Fabio Classo on 11/7/2020
Good instructor, good content.
By Fatima Majid on 10/7/2020
The course is amazing and the instructor explained it in a very well manner.
It would be great if I could a certificate on completion of this course. There are only 26 lectures in course, perhaps the certificate part seems to be missing. Kindly do the needful, Thanks.
By Sachin Ghait on 10/3/2020
Lot of things explained on deep level, that makes understanding clear, why it is this way
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Overall Score : 88 / 100









