Backend Development with Python

Starts 12 October 2026•6 months

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Overview

About this programme

The complete backend programme, in Python. It continues from Backend Development with Python Foundations into advanced API design, asynchronous work, caching, testing and deployment, and finishes with a production service of your own.

Curriculum

Programme structure

Prerequisites

None. The programme starts from the first line of Python. The first five modules are shared with Backend Development with Python Foundations, so Foundations graduates continue from module six.

What you'll learn

Write Python confidently and model data properly in SQL
Build production-grade REST APIs with FastAPI and Pydantic
Secure an API: authentication, authorisation and the common attacks
Design APIs that survive versioning, paging and real traffic
Run work in the background and handle jobs that outlive a request
Cache, profile and scale a service that is getting slower
Test a backend properly, including the database
Deploy, monitor and operate a Python service in production

11 modules

Master the fundamental tool that every professional developer uses daily. Learn to track changes, collaborate with others, and manage your code like a pro from the very beginning of your development journey.
- Understand version control concepts and why Git is essential for modern software development
- Use GitHub effectively for remote repositories, collaboration, and showcasing your work to potential employers
- Master Git basics including repositories, commits, branches, and merging for effective code management.
You'll build: a version-controlled project on GitHub, with branches, pull requests and a history an employer can read

Module 1: Version control with Git and Github

Master the fundamental tool that every professional developer uses daily. Learn to track changes, collaborate with others, and manage your code like a pro from the very beginning of your development journey.

Understand version control concepts and why Git is essential for modern software development
Use GitHub effectively for remote repositories, collaboration, and showcasing your work to potential employers
Master Git basics including repositories, commits, branches, and merging for effective code management.

You'll build: a version-controlled project on GitHub, with branches, pull requests and a history an employer can read