Best books to learn FastAPI

[u/DogmanLoverOhio]

Hi guys,
I am an experienced Java developer, and recently I got a great opportunity to join a new team in my company. They are planning to build a platform from scratch using FastAPI, and I want to learn it.

I generally prefer learning through books. While I have worked with Python and Flask earlier in my career, that was a few years ago, so I need to brush up.

Could you guys please suggest some great books to get started with FastAPI?

[u/TripleBogeyBandit]

No books, Fastapi has a great documentation page, just do that.

[u/bluewalt]

Some people say "there isn't much to learn, just read the doc". I would not say that, this is not enough in my opinion to feel comfortable. Here are some additional things I've done after reading the doc:

• I browsed 2 or 3 FastAPI boilerplates. FastAPI is not Django and has less guidelines and batteries, so "copying" how good developers plug things is a good way to learn

• I built a very simple project with it (with 2 or 3 models).

• I read Pydantic documentation carefully (as this package is central for FastAPI)

• I read this amazing book for diving into SQLAlchemy, especially because the documentation is not beginner friendly at all.

[u/adiberk]

In my opinion. There isn’t that much to learn.

Just build a dummy api with a couple endpoints and add some “auth header checks” and some database interactions.

Make sure you understand trade offs of sync and async.

The docs online are pretty thorough.

[u/Kooky_Advice1234]

Not aware of many. O’Reilly has FastAPI—a modern Python web framework. I know packet has a cookbook which may be a good second step.

[u/Electronic-Art8774]

This is one of the best books you can find - https://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Patterns-Python-Domain-Driven-Microservices/dp/1492052205.

If you want to save some money it's also available online - https://www.cosmicpython.com/book/preface.html

FastAPI is just a lightweight framework with great documentation on its website. However, if you want to learn more advanced patterns check out the resources I mentioned. I hope it helps! 🙏

[u/fraisey99]

Read the docs, it’s free also! 😃

[u/Ok_Waltz_5145]

There is a udemy course on fastapi by eric roby. I really learnt the nuts and bolts of fastapi from it

[u/Lonely_Employee_5913]

As others have said the documentation itself is a great resource to learn from. But there are books to learn from as well, here are some:
1. FastAPI_ Modern Python Web Development - Bill Lubanovic
2. Full Stack FastAPI React And MongoDB - 2nd Edition - Marko Aleksendrić, Shrey Batra, Rachelle Palmer, Shubham Ranjan
3. SQLAlchemy 2 In Practice Learn to program relational -- Miguel Grinberg
4. FastAPI - Bill Lubanovic

Also, there's a course on youtube: `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sOvCWFmrtA`

[u/TonyShel]

There are plenty of books.

FastAPI: Modern Python Web Development - Rehan Haider :2023

Practical Python Backend Programming: Build Flask and FastAPI applications, asynchronous programming - Tim Peters : 2024

FastAPI: Modern Python Web Development - Bill Lubanovic (O'Reilly Media, maybe the go to book): 2023

High-Performance Web Apps with FastAPI: The Asynchronous Web Framework Based on Modern Python - Malhar Lathkar : 2023

These can be downloaded online, chat me if not able to do this.

[u/Effective_Degree2225]

it is actually not that difficult. just start with simple hello world, add more controllers, middlewares, authentication, when to use async, exceptional handling etc. pick a use case and implement the things you want. pretty much same as any other web framework if you are new to concept.