Web Development Basics
7 Topics
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HTTP Basics
Understanding the HTTP protocol, request-response cycle, status codes, and HTTP verbs.
Foundational web knowledge. Frequently asked in full-stack, frontend, and backend engineering interviews.
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requests Library
HTTP library for Python, allowing clean and simple requests to be sent to external services.
Essential for consuming third-party API services, web scraping, and writing microservices in Python.
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Flask Introduction
A lightweight WSGI microframework for Python, perfect for small applications and microservices.
Core web framework. Frequently tested for route patterns, middleware, and backend API structures.
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Django Introduction
A full-stack, batteries-included web framework for Python following the MVT pattern.
Industry standard for enterprise Python development. Frequently questioned on MVT structure, ORM design, and security middleware.
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FastAPI Introduction
A modern, high-performance web framework for building APIs with Python 3.8+ based on standard Python type hints.
Modern Python APIs. Crucial for asynchronous API development, validation using Pydantic, and high-concurrency microservices.
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REST APIs
Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture constraints, URL design, HTTP methods, and API best practices.
System design and API architecture. Frequently evaluated for resource routing, status codes, pagination, and API design standards.
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Web Scraping
Extracting data from websites ethically using requests and BeautifulSoup or Scrapy.
Data retrieval. Frequently tested on HTML DOM parsing, rate-limiting, proxy usage, and ethical scraping constraints.