Backend Development · Beginner → Expert
⚡ FastAPI Backend and API Engineering
Create typed Python APIs with FastAPI, validation, authentication, databases, async design, testing, observability, security, and production deployment.
Course roadmap
Pass each module exam to unlock the next module.
Module 1 · Beginner
FastAPI Setup, ASGI and Application Structure
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Module 2 · Beginner
Routing, Parameters, Requests and Responses
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Module 3 · Beginner
Pydantic Models, Validation and Serialization
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Module 4 · Beginner
Dependency Injection and Application Services
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Module 5 · Intermediate
Async Endpoints, Concurrency and Blocking Boundaries
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Module 6 · Intermediate
SQL Databases, ORM Patterns and Transactions
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Module 7 · Intermediate
Authentication, Tokens and Authorization
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Module 8 · Intermediate
File Uploads, Background Tasks and External Services
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Module 9 · Advanced
Error Handling, Status Codes and API Contracts
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Module 10 · Advanced
OpenAPI, Documentation and Versioning
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Module 11 · Advanced
Testing with Test Clients, Fixtures and Dependency Overrides
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Module 12 · Advanced
Caching, Rate Limits and Performance
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Module 13 · Advanced
Security, CORS, Secrets and Input Hardening
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Module 14 · Expert
Logging, Metrics, Tracing and Observability
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Module 15 · Expert
Containers, Reverse Proxies and Production Deployment
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Module 16 · Expert
Architecture, Modularity and Reliability Patterns
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Module 17 · Expert
Expert Capstone: Production FastAPI Service
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Certification gate
Final course exam
Pass mark: 80%. Time limit: 360 minutes. All module exams must be passed first.
Locked until modules are passed