Whipping up a RESTful life with Django REST Framework

Presentation given to the Cape Town Python User Group (CTPUG) on Saturday April 18th 2015

Transcript

1. [~] Western Cape Labs Mike Jones @imsickofmaps WHIPPING UP A RESTful LIFE WITH DJANGO REST FRAMEWORK
2. Western Cape Labs ~ [ ] smart apps for dumb phones smart sites for busy people
3. keeps interfaces simple a style not a standard WHY ARE REST APIs IMPORTANT? implementation agnostic read: otw.io/g/web-api.pdf
4. www.django-rest-framework.org
5. started getting
6. working get it define a serializer make your model link to a view expose a url
7. model make your
8. serializer define a
9. view link to a
10. url expose a
11. tests! write some
12. tests! write some
13. api browsable
14. browsable api
15. let’s go crazy
16. Thanks. mike@westerncapelabs.com @imsickofmaps