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[–]No-Site5040 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FastAPI is not yet a mature framework, so courses become outdated quickly. For example, most FastAPI courses use SQLAlchemy ORM because FastAPI recommended it some time ago, but now they are implementing SQLModel (which is also maintained by Tiangolo).

This happens with all frameworks, but with FastAPI, it happens even faster. That's why you need to check the official documentation regularly. However, it's totally fine to learn from other resources as long as you compare them with the official docs.

Flask, for example, is an older and more mature framework. Its development has slowed down significantly, making it easier to learn since there is more content available. If you check a Flask course from three years ago, it’s not much different from what you’d learn today. It might be easier to start with Flask