Learn by Doing: Building a Python API with FastAPI for Node.js Developers Part 01

The purpose of this article is to guide Node.js developers who are interested in exploring Python and FastAPI for building high-performance APIs.

If you’re a Node.js developer with experience building APIs and you’re looking to broaden your horizons, this article is for you. I assume you understand API development concepts and want to bridge the knowledge gap between Node.js and Python. I’ll help you transition smoothly and showcase the power of FastAPI for building efficient and performant APIs.

If you don’t have any experience by building APIs with neither Node.js and Python, you might find this article also useful. If you want to go with Node.js first, I recommend this article.

Creating a REST API series with NestJS — Part 01 — Scaffolding and basic CLI usage

Before we start

Before we start, let’s address a common concern: you don’t need to know much about Python to follow this article. If you’re already familiar with JavaScript syntax, you’ll find many similarities that make it easy to translate your knowledge to Python. For example, in…