Building data-driven web apps with Pyramid and SQLAlchemy Transcripts
Chapter: Welcome to the course
Lecture: The incredible power of web
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Before we dig into all the code that we're going to write
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and the technologies we're going to use
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and the types of things we can even build
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let's just take a moment and admire the
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incredible power of the web.
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The web is one of the most flexible
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and certainly the most widely deployed
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and used technology out there.
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Think about YouTube.
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YouTube is an amazing web application.
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It really has brought video sharing to the entire world.
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It also happens to be a Python-based web app
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and handles millions of requests per second.
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Think about Airbnb.
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With this web application, and a unique sharing philosophy
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they've literally transformed the way people travel
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and stay in cities.
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Netflix uses their web app to redefine
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TV for many, many people.
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In fact, this web app and their infrastructure
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account for 35% of the bandwidth
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of the United States in the evening.
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That's pretty incredible.
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Hey, let's throw one more in.
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You're taking an amazing course
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and you're going to be learning all about building web apps.
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Here's another one, Talk Python Training.
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This site is built, of course, on Python and Pyramid
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and has taught a ton of people about Python.
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In fact, many of the techniques and the lessons
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learned in building this site
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along with some of the others
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I'm going to bring into this course.
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So it's not just about looking out there
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and seeing some incredible web apps built
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it's also taking a pretty amazing web app
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that I have built
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and taking the lessons and techniques from that
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and sharing them with you with Pyramid
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SQLAlchemy, and so on.
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Do you have an idea?
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Something you want to build for everyone?
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Well, the techniques and technology you're about to learn
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will let you unleash this incredible power of the web
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to bring your idea to life.
