Building Versatile Mobile Apps With Python And Rest

Develop versatile iOS apps using Python with RESTful web services. This book will show you how to blend Django, a high-level Python Web framework, with Django REST, the powerful, feature-filled extension, to build iOS mobile apps. Using easy-to-follow examples, you'll begin by building a simple app using the RESTful Web API and iOS. You'll then work with traditional Django to create models and connect your App to the database. You'll also see how to serialize your data and create the RESTful API. The second part of the book introduces Xcode, a programming environment to develop iOS apps. Using Swift, the programming language for iOS, you'll design the actual app. Once you have your back-end in Django and a front-end in Swift, you'll connect them using our RESTful API. This will allow you to log in, browse places of interest, and rate them and leave comments. Guided by step-by-step instructions, Building Versatile Mobile Apps with Python and REST will demonstrate how easy it is to use Python to develop iOS applications. You will: Build Create-Read-Update-Delete functionality using RESTful Web Services ; Incorporate marketing into the design of iOS apps to stand out in the App Store ; Deploy your app to a live server and add it to Apple app store .

Learn all that’s needed to build a fully functional web application from scratch. Key FeaturesDelve deep into the principle behind RESTful APILearn how to build a scalable web application with the RESTful API architecture and Flask frameworkKnow what are the exact tools and methodology to test your applications and how to use themBook Description Python is a flexible language that can be used for much more than just script development. By knowing the Python RESTful APIs work, you can build a powerful backend for web applications and mobile applications using Python. You'll take your first steps by building a simple API and learning how the frontend web interface can communicate with the backend. You'll also learn how to serialize and deserialize objects using the marshmallow library. Then, you'll learn how to authenticate and authorize users using Flask-JWT. You'll also learn how to enhance your APIs by adding useful features, such as email, image upload, searching, and pagination. You'll wrap up the whole book by deploying your APIs to the cloud. By the end of this book, you'll have the confidence and skill to leverage the power of RESTful APIs and Python to build efficient web applications. What you will learnUnderstand the concept of a RESTful APIBuild a RESTful API using Flask and the Flask-Restful extensionManipulate a database using Flask-SQLAlchemy and Flask-MigrateSend out plaintext and HTML format emails using the Mailgun APIImplement a pagination function using Flask-SQLAlchemyUse caching to improve API performance and efficiently obtain the latest informationDeploy an application to Heroku and test it using PostmanWho this book is for This book is ideal for aspiring software developers who have a basic-to-intermediate knowledge of Python programming and who want to develop web applications using Python. Knowledge of how web applications work will be beneficial but is not essential.

The book covers the concepts of Python programming language along with mobile application development. Starting from fundamentals, the book continues with the explanation of mobile app development using Kivy framework. All the chapters offer questions and exercises for to better understanding of the subject. At the end of the book some hands-on projects are given to help the readers to improve their programming and project development skills.

Get to grips with UI interaction, data modeling, API development, and documentation while building modern web apps for cloud deployment Key Features Combine Flask's pagination techniques with React's dynamic rendering for an enhanced user experience Implement robust API development within Flask applications by performing CRUD operations Improve Flask app scalability with blueprints using a modular development approach Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionDeveloping an interactive, efficient, and fast enterprise web application requires both the right approach and tooling. If you are a web developer looking for a way to tap the power of React’s reusable UI components and the simplicity of Flask for backend development to develop production-ready, scalable web apps in Python, then this book is for you. Starting with an introduction to React, a JavaScript library for building highly interactive and reusable user interfaces, you’ll progress to data modeling for the web using SQLAlchemy and PostgreSQL, and then get to grips with Restful API development. This book will aid you in identifying your app users and managing access to your web application. You’ll also explore modular architectural design for Flask-based web applications and master error-handling techniques. Before you deploy your web app on AWS, this book will show you how to integrate unit testing best practices to ensure code reliability and functionality, making your apps not only efficient and fast but also robust and dependable. By the end of this book, you’ll have acquired deep knowledge of the Flask and React technology stacks, which will help you undertake web application development with confidence.What you will learn Explore the fundamentals of React for building user interfaces Understand how to use JSX to render React components Handle data and integrate third-party libraries and APIs into React applications Secure your Flask application with user authentication and authorization Discover how to use Flask RESTful API to build backend services with React frontend Build modular and scalable Flask applications using blueprints Who this book is for This book is for Python web developers who want to build full-stack applications, as well as for frontend developers seeking to expand their skillset by employing Flask as a backend development tool. You’ll gain proficiency in both frontend and backend skills, and acquire the knowledge necessary to deploy solutions in the cloud using AWS. Prior knowledge of basic HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python programming will help you to get the most out of this book.

Completely updated for Django 3.1 & Django REST Framework 3.11 Django for APIs is a project-based guide to building modern APIs with Django & Django REST Framework. It is suitable for beginners who have never built an API before as well as professional programmers looking for a fast-paced introduction to Django fundamentals and best practices. In the book you'll learn how to: Build 3 Django backends from scratch, including a Library API, Todo API, and Blog API Connect to a React JavaScript front-end Integrate user authentication: basic, sessions, and tokens Add permissions and proper documentation Use viewsets and routers for concise code If you're curious about Python-based APIs, Django for APIs is a best-practices guide to writing and customizing your own quickly. Reviews "If you're looking for a guide into the world of Django, then the three-step of Django for Beginners, Django for APIs, and Django for Professionals is ideal: get up and running, get into APIs, which are a cornerstone of modern app development, and then add the bits you need to your fledging app into production, from databases and static files, to user accounts and security. It's a long road. Will's books are an awesome companion."-CARLTON GIBSON, Django Fellow and Django REST Framework core contributor "When readers interested in web development ask me what to read next after Python Crash Course, I refer them to Will's books: Django for Beginners, Django for APIs, and Django for Professionals. I highly recommend you check out his work."-ERIC MATTHES, author of Python Crash Course "Will's books are a fantastic resource for web development with Django and Python. I highly recommended them."-JEFF TRIPLETT, Python Software Foundation Director, DEFNA President, and REVSYS Partner

This book teaches you how to develop mobile applications with python and kivy