FastAPI vs Flask vs Django comparison - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a FastAPI app instance.

FastAPI

from fastapi import [1]
app = [1]()

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ARequest

BFlask

CDjango

DFastAPI

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Common Mistakes

Using Flask or Django classes instead of FastAPI.

Forgetting to instantiate the app.

FastAPI apps are created by instantiating the FastAPI class.

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medium

Complete the code to define a route in Flask.

FastAPI

from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route([1])
def home():
    return "Hello from Flask!"

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A"/"

B"/home"

C"/index.html"

D"/api"

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Common Mistakes

Using a non-root path when the question asks for the main route.

Forgetting quotes around the route string.

In Flask, the root route is defined with "/".

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hard

Fix the error in this Django view function to return a simple HTTP response.

FastAPI

from django.http import HttpResponse

def home(request):
    return [1]("Hello from Django!")

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AHttpResponse

Brender

Credirect

DJsonResponse

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Common Mistakes

Using render without a template.

Returning a string directly instead of an HttpResponse.

Django views return an HttpResponse object to send text responses.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a FastAPI GET endpoint that returns a greeting.

FastAPI

from fastapi import FastAPI
app = FastAPI()

@app.[1]("/greet")
def greet():
    return [2]

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Aget

Bpost

C{"message": "Hello!"}

D"Hello!"

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Common Mistakes

Using post decorator for a GET endpoint.

Returning a plain string instead of a dictionary for JSON.

FastAPI uses @app.get to define GET routes and returns JSON by default.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a Django URL pattern for the home view.

FastAPI

from django.urls import path
from .views import home

urlpatterns = [
    path([1], [2], name=[3])
]

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A""

Bhome

C"home"

D"/"

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using "/" instead of empty string for root path.

Not quoting the route name string.

Django URL patterns use an empty string "" for the root path, the view function name, and a string name for the route.