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Intro to Backend (Udacity)

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Intro to Backend (Udacity)

Starting Out with Web Serving Technology. This course is a selection of material from our larger Web Development course. This course presents an overview of a variety of Web backend topics: handling user input, producing templated output, storing information in databases and data stores, and building systems with secure user accounts.

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You want to build Web services and want a place to start. This course gives you the foundational knowledge to do just that.

What you will learn

Forms and Inputs

  • How do web sites handle user input?
  • Build HTML forms and the validation and escaping logic needed to handle user input correctly.

Templates

  • How do web sites produce neatly formatted output for users to see?

Databases

  • How do web sites store data?
  • Use both SQL databases and the Google App Engine datastore in this program.

User Accounts & Security

  • What's a cookie and what does it have to do with logging in a user?
  • How do web sites use cookies, passwords, and other components to provide security?

Prerequisites and requirements
You have a basic working knowledge of the Python programming language, which will be used in this course.
If you're looking to learn or refresh your knowledge of Python and programming, take a look at our courses Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Foundations with Python.

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