This repository serves as the official code base for INFO 153B/253B for Spring'23. This repo will house all code from friday labs and also code snippets used in monday lectures!

Topics we covered:

1. Fundamentals of computers and memory storage
2. Basics about Python as a programming language
3. Variables and Operators
4. Conditionals
5. Loops and Iterators
6. Functions
7. Classes and Objects in Python

Topics we covered:

1. Basics of Github - Repositories, branching, staging, commits, fetch, push, pull
2. Working together on Github - Merge conflics

Topics we covered:

1. DNS and how it works?
2. What is a webserver?
3. What do you even mean when you say things like HTTP and APIs?
4. Basics of Flask
   1. Syntax and Decorators
   2. Running your server
   3. Different API Methods - GET, PUT, POST and DELETE
   4. Getting data into your API (I) - Overview of URL Params, Query Params, API Body
   5. Using URL Params to get input into your API

Topics we covered:

1. Deep dive into the POST HTTP method
2. Getting data using different techniques
   1. Query Params
   2. Request Body
   3. Form Data
   4. File Uploads
3. Response objects in Flask
4. API Error codes

Topics we covered:

1. Virtualization and Virtual Machines
2. Containers
3. Docker
4. Running Flask via Docker
5. Docker Compose

Topics we covered:

1. Why do we need Databases?
2. Difference between Relational and Non-Relational Databases
3. Setting up Postgres using Docker
4. Using Postgres with Flask for data storage and processing

Topics we covered:

1. Need for Async Task Queues
2. What is a worker?
3. Using Redis workers
4. Setting up a worker in Flask
5. Pushing it all to Docker