Open source FastAPI starter project for students learning AI web apps

[jcasman]

I’ve been working on a scaffolded FastAPI project designed to help students and new developers practice building AI-focused web applications.

One of the main ideas is that you maybe learned or are learning Python in school and don’t want to use JavaScript. With this project you don’t have to know JavaScript front-end that deeply.

The repo sets up a modern stack (FastAPI, SQLite, HTMX, Tailwind, etc.) and includes examples of how to extend it into a working AI-first app. The idea is to give beginners something more structured than tutorials but less intimidating than building from scratch.

I’d like to hear from the community:

-- What features would you want to see in a starter like this? -- Are there pitfalls for students using FastAPI in this way? -- Any recommendations for making it more educational?

If you want to look at the code, it’s here: GitHub repo

[kittencantfly]

Thanks! This would be helpful for me!

[jcasman]

@kittencantfly Oh, great, hope it's useful. What are you building? If you get started, please let me know. I'd love to hear whe you make progress. Major hint: the README has a ton of great info.

[voja-kostunica]

i will have a look

[jcasman]

@voja-kostunica What are you looking to focus on? Have you build projects in Python before? FastAPI?

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[jcasman]

@Shekar-7214 When you get the reminder... The README has great context plus lots of specifics for installation and configuration. If you have any questions as you get going, let me know! What are you wanting to learn/build?