Build a Backend REST API with Python & Django - Beginner

Finally create that App & fully-functioning user database in this crash course to building a REST API

Build a Backend REST API with Python & Django - Beginner

InstructorMark Winterbottom

Duration5h

Students36.5K

Rating4.5 (6,536)

Comidoc Analysis

Django REST API Development with Virtualized Environment Setup

Strengths

End-to-end API workflow

The curriculum provides a path from local environment configuration to cloud deployment on AWS EC2.

Layered API construction

Instruction covers various levels of the Django REST Framework, including basic APIViews and more advanced Viewsets.

Best suited to

Frontend developers seeking backend fundamentals
Learners using Windows or Intel-based macOS environments

Less suited to

Users on Apple M-series chips
Developers seeking highly visual instructional methods

Editorial course preview

What the public course preview actually shows

These 4 complementary views highlight concrete, legible examples from the course presentation.

A split-screen view showing a Django REST Framework browsable API interface on the left displaying an HTTP 405 error for a User Login endpoint, and a male instructor speaking in a — Preview 1 of 4
The image displays the Django REST Framework browsable API interface showing a User Login endpoint with an HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed error alongside a presenter.

A man stands next to a slide titled END RESULTS listing API endpoints for managing profiles and feeds. — Preview 2 of 4
The instructor presents the final project scope, detailing specific REST API endpoints for user profile management and feed data handling.

A screenshot of the London App Developer YouTube channel page displaying a grid of video thumbnails about Python, Django, and Docker, with an instructor's face overlaid in the top- — Preview 3 of 4
The image displays the London App Developer YouTube channel interface featuring a collection of technical tutorials on Python, Django, and Docker development.

A man stands next to a slide titled 'YOUR SKILL LEVEL (AFTER THIS COURSE)' showing proficiency sliders for Django framework and Python positioned between beginner and advanced. — Preview 4 of 4
An instructor presents a slide illustrating the expected skill level after completing the course, with sliders indicating intermediate proficiency in both Django and Python.