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Code Fellows Python 401

Read: 31 - Django REST Framework & Docker

Beginner’s Guide to Docker

• used to isolate and run entire applications
• Linux containers, a type of virtualization
• Docker is a way to implement Linux containers
• virtual environments can only isolate Python packages
• Containers are a lightweight alternative to Virtual Machines
• image is a snapshot in time of what a project contains
• container is a running instance of the image
• docker-compose.yml controls how to run the container

Django for APIs - Library Website

Django creates websites containing webpages, while Django REST Framework creates web APIs which are a collection of URL endpoints containing available HTTP verbs that return JSON

traditional Django project set up:

1. creating a new project
2. adding a new app
3. updating models
4. views
5. urls
6. templates

Bookmark and Review

• Beginner’s Guide to Django REST Framework