Week 7: Web Frameworks: Flask & FastAPI

Routing, templates, REST APIs, Pydantic, async basics, deployment concepts

📌 Strategy & Study Guidance

Build incrementally. Master fundamentals before advanced topics.

Blocks

Block 61 Monday

Flask: Getting Started

 Block 62 Monday

Flask: Templates & Jinja2

 Block 63 Tuesday

Flask: Forms & POST Requests

 Block 64 Tuesday

Flask: REST API Endpoints

 Block 65 Wednesday

Flask: Serving Data from pandas

 Block 66 Wednesday

FastAPI: Modern API Design

 Block 67 Thursday

FastAPI: Pydantic Models & Validation

 Block 68 Thursday

FastAPI: Async Support & Background Tasks

 Block 69 Friday

Wrapping ML Models as APIs

 Block 70 Friday

Mini-Project: Data API with Flask or FastAPI

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📋 Cheat Sheets

Quick Reference

Core syntax and common patterns for this week. Week 7 - Routing, templates, REST APIs, Pydantic, async basics, deployment concepts

API Cheat Sheet

Key functions and methods. Week 7 - Routing, templates, REST APIs, Pydantic, async basics, deployment concepts

Best Practices

Style and performance tips. Week 7 - Routing, templates, REST APIs, Pydantic, async basics, deployment concepts

💻 Code Snippets

Basic Example

# Week 7: Web Frameworks: Flask & FastAPI
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result = process(data)

Common Pattern

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Quick Start

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# Minimal working example

📊 Visualizations & Diagrams

Concept Diagram

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  A[Input] --> B[Process]
  B --> C[Output]

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Workflow

Step 1 -> Step 2 -> Step 3

Assessment

📝 Week 7 Assessment (Practice + AI Analysis)