Intermediate · ~3.6 hr · 9 lessons
Forward Deployed Engineer: Python and FastAPI Foundations
Learn what a Forward Deployed Engineer does, then build a typed, tested FastAPI service in Python, explained for Java and Node engineers.
Enrollment is free. It unlocks every lesson in this course.
What's inside
- 1Forward Deployed Engineer Role Compared With Related RolesFree to read
- 2Enterprise Integration Skills for FDE Roles: A BaselineEnroll to read
- 3FDE Capstone and 30/60/90 Plan for Enterprise AIEnroll to read
- 4Python for Java and Node Engineers: Syntax, Types, venvEnroll to read
- 5Dataclasses and Pydantic: Validate Data at the BoundaryEnroll to read
- 6FastAPI Service for AI Apps, Compared with Spring BootEnroll to read
- 7Async, HTTP Clients, Timeouts and Retries in PythonEnroll to read
- 8Errors, Configuration and Logging in a FastAPI ServiceEnroll to read
- 9Testing with pytest: Fixtures, Parametrize, FastAPIEnroll to read
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