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Python API Development Fundamentals

You're reading from   Python API Development Fundamentals Develop a full-stack web application with Python and Flask

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2019
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ISBN-13 9781838983994
Length 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Your First Step FREE CHAPTER 2. Starting to Build Our Project 3. Manipulating a Database with SQLAlchemy 4. Authentication Services and Security with JWT 5. Object Serialization with marshmallow 6. Email Confirmation 7. Working with Images 8. Pagination, Searching, and Ordering 9. Building More Features 10. Deployment Appendix

Virtual Environment

PyCharm will help us create a virtual environment. We want to develop our project in its own virtual environment in order to keep it isolated. Due to this, we will have absolute control over the versions of the packages that we are going to use.

The best way to learn is through practice. Let's get our hands dirty now!

Exercise 5: Creating a Development Project in PyCharm

Before you start developing the Python application, you'll need to create a development project in PyCharm. PyCharm manages things using projects. In this exercise, you will learn how to create a new development project in PyCharm called Smilecook. You will also need to install the necessary packages for this project. Let's get started:

  1. Create the project and name it smilecook:
    Figure 2.2: Creating a project
  2. Check the project structure and ensure that the virtual environment has been created. Once the module has been created, we will be able to see the project...
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