Full Stack FastAPI, React, and MongoDB: Build Python web applications with the FARM stack

Marko Aleksendric

Sep 2022 · Packt Publishing Ltd

About this ebook

Wield the power of Python, React, and MongoDB to build web and data applications quickly and broaden your web development horizonsKey FeaturesLearn how to build web applications without having to know the intricacies of the componentsBuild full stack projects without compromising on development speed and app performancePrepare yourself for the diverse world of web development, analytics, and data visualizationBook Description

If you need to develop web applications quickly, where do you turn? Enter the FARM stack. The FARM stack combines the power of the Python ecosystem with REST and MongoDB and makes building web applications easy and fast.

This book is a fast-paced, concise, and hands-on beginner's guide that will equip you with the skills you need to quickly build web applications by diving just deep enough into the intricacies of the stack's components.

The book quickly introduces each element of the stack and then helps you merge them to build a medium-sized web application. You'll set up a document store with MongoDB, build a simple API with FastAPI, and create an application with React. Security is crucial on the web, so you'll learn about authentication and authorization with JSON Web Tokens. You'll also understand how to optimize images, cache responses with Redis, and add additional features to your application as well as explore tips, tricks, and best practices to make your development experience a breeze. Before you know it, you'll be deploying the application to different platforms.

By the end of this book, you will have built a couple of functional applications efficiently and will have the springboard you need to delve into diverse and more specialized domains.

What you will learnDiscover the flexibility of the FARM stackImplement complete JWT authentication with FastAPIExplore the various Python drivers for MongoDBDiscover the problems that React libraries solveBuild simple and medium web applications with the FARM stackDive into server-side rendering with Next.jsDeploy your app with Heroku, Vercel, Ubuntu Server and NetlifyUnderstand how to deploy and cache a FastAPI backendWho this book is for

This book is for web developers and analysts who want to include the power of a modern asynchronous Python framework, a flexible data store and a powerful UI library with the combination of two of the most important programming languages today in their web development toolkit. Beginners in the field of information presentation will also find this book helpful. You must have a beginner-level understanding of Python, JavaScript, and HTML and CSS to get the most out of this book.

About the author

Marko Aleksendric is a graduate from the University of Belgrade (Serbia) with a PhD and also a Master's degree in Control Engineering. He is a self-taught full-stack developer and works as an analyst.