Preface

Python is definitely one of the most popular programming languages. It is open source, multiplatform, and you can use it to develop any kind of application, from websites and web services to artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. You will always find a framework or a set of packages in Python to make things easier for you in any domain. It is extremely easy to work with Python and its most popular web framework, Django, in the most important and popular cloud computing providers. Hence, Python is an excellent choice for developing modern and scalable RESTful Web Services that will run on the cloud.

REST (short for Representational State Transfer) is the architectural style that has been driving modern and scalable web development recently. If you want to be part of the world that builds complex web applications and mobile apps, you will need to develop and interact with RESTful Web Services. In many situations, you will have to design and develop a RESTful Web Service from scratch and maintain the API over time. A deep knowledge of RESTful Web Services is an essential skill for any software development job.

This book covers everything you need to know to develop and test a RESTful Web Service from scratch with the latest version of Django, Django REST framework, and Python. You will work with real-life examples in combination with Python packages that will allow you to simplify tasks.

You will learn to use a huge set of tools to test and develop a uniform, high-quality, and scalable RESTful Web Services. You will use object-oriented programming and modern Python 3.6 code to favor code reuse and simplify future maintenance. You will take advantage of automated testing to ensure that the coded RESTful Web Services run as expected.

This book will allow you to create your own RESTful Web Services for any domain with Django and Django REST framework in Python 3.6 or greater. You will learn the process for the most popular Python platforms: Linux, Windows, and macOS.