Building Versatile Mobile Apps with Python and REST : RESTful Web Services with Django and React

Develop versatile iOS and Android apps using Python with RESTful web services. Dive into full-stack development with Django, a powerful Python framework, and React Native, the most in-demand JavaScript library. Begin by building a mobile app using the RESTful APIs and React Native. Starting from scratch, create a database and serialize the data with Django REST to serve APIs. Then build the front-end with React and mobile apps for iOS and Android with React Native. By the end of the book, you’ll have developed three apps powered by Django—a desktop React app, an iOS app, and an Android app. Discover the whole process of developing apps from inception to distribution of an iOS app in the Apple store and an Android app in the Google Play store. You will: Develop using the Model-View-Controller pattern Facilitate the communications between the back-end and front-end of web apps with HTTP Design a robust front-end for an app with React Create one back-end solution for both iOS and Android devices with Django Develop versatile iOS apps using Python with RESTful web services. This book will show you how to blend Django, a high-level Python Web framework, with Django REST, the powerful, feature-filled extension, to build iOS mobile apps.Using easy-to-follow examples, you'll begin by building a simple app using the RESTful Web API and iOS. You'll begin by using traditional Django to create models and connect your App to the database. You'll then see how to serialize your data and create the RESTful API. The second part of the book introduces Xcode, a programming environment to develop iOS apps. Using Swift, the programming language for iOS, you'll design the actual app. Once you have your back-end in Django and a front-end in Swift, you'll connect them using our RESTful API. You'll be able to log in, browse places of interest, and rate them and leave comments. Guided step-by-step instructions, Building Versatile Mobile Apps with Python and REST will demonstrate how easy it is to use Python to develop iOS applications. What You'll LearnBuild Create-Read-Update-Delete functionality using RESTful Web Services Incorporate marketing into the design of iOS apps to stand out in the App Store Deploy your app to a live server and add it to Apple app store Who This Book Is ForAspiring programmers who want to develop modern RESTful Web Services and design the front-end for iOS. Developers who want to combine the most powerful and popular back-end technologyPythonand monetize it with a popular iOS platform in Apple App Store. Develop versatile iOS apps using Python with RESTful web services. This book will show you how to blend Django, a high-level Python Web framework, with Django REST, the powerful, feature-filled extension, to build iOS mobile apps. Using easy-to-follow examples, you'll begin by building a simple app using the RESTful Web API and iOS. You'll then work with traditional Django to create models and connect your App to the database. You'll also see how to serialize your data and create the RESTful API. The second part of the book introduces Xcode, a programming environment to develop iOS apps. Using Swift, the programming language for iOS, you'll design the actual app. Once you have your back-end in Django and a front-end in Swift, you'll connect them using our RESTful API. This will allow you to log in, browse places of interest, and rate them and leave comments. Guided by step-by-step instructions, Building Versatile Mobile Apps with Python and REST will demonstrate how easy it is to use Python to develop iOS applications. You will: Build Create-Read-Update-Delete functionality using RESTful Web Services ; Incorporate marketing into the design of iOS apps to stand out in the App Store ; Deploy your app to a live server and add it to Apple app store This book will show you how to blend Django, a high-level Python Web framework, with Django REST, the powerful, feature-filled extension, to build iOS mobile apps. Using easy-to-follow examples, you'll begin by building a simple app using the RESTful Web API and iOS. You will use traditional Django to create models and connect your App to the database. You'll then see how to serialize your data and create the RESTful API. The second part of the book introduces Xcode, a programming environment to develop iOS apps. Using Swift, the programming language for iOS, and you'll design the actual app. Once you have your back-end in Django and a front-end in Swift, you'll connect them using our RESTful API. You'll be able to log in, browse places of interest, and rate them and leave comments. This book is for aspiring programmers who want to develop modern RESTful Web Services and design the front-end for iOS and developers who want to combine the most powerful and popular back-end technology, Python, and monetize it with a popular iOS platform in Apple App Store Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Starting with Django (Art Yudin)....Pages 1-32 Let’s build our back-end web app (Art Yudin)....Pages 33-64 Getting started with React (Art Yudin)....Pages 65-91 Assembling pieces of our app (Art Yudin)....Pages 93-138 Introduction to React Native (Art Yudin)....Pages 139-183 Mobile app (Art Yudin)....Pages 185-224 Assembling versatile mobile application (Art Yudin)....Pages 225-307 Production (Art Yudin)....Pages 309-338 Back Matter ....Pages 339-348