THEKINGSTAR / alx-backend

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ALX - Short Specializations

alx-backend

Back-end

Learning Objectives

• How to paginate a dataset with simple page and page_size parameters
• How to paginate a dataset with hypermedia metadata
• How to paginate in a deletion-resilient manner
• What the purpose of a caching system
• What limits a caching system have
• What a caching system is
• What FIFO means
• What LIFO means
• What LRU means
• What MRU means
• What LFU means
• What the purpose of a caching system
• What limits a caching system have
• Learn how to parametrize Flask templates to display different languages
• Learn how to infer the correct locale based on URL parameters, user settings or request headers
• Learn how to localize timestamps

Requirements

Python Scripts

• All your files will be interpreted/compiled on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS using python3 (version 3.7)
• All your files should end with a new line
• The first line of all your files should be exactly #!/usr/bin/env python3
• A README.md file, at the root of the folder of the project, is mandatory
• Your code should use the pycodestyle style (version 2.5)
• All your files must be executable
• The length of your files will be tested using wc
• All your modules should have a documentation (python3 -c 'print(__import__("my_module").__doc__)')
• All your classes should have a documentation (python3 -c 'print(__import__("my_module").MyClass.__doc__)')
• All your functions (inside and outside a class) should have a documentation (python3 -c 'print(__import__("my_module").my_function.__doc__)' and python3 -c 'print(__import__("my_module").MyClass.my_function.__doc__)')

• A documentation is not a simple word, it’s a real sentence explaining what’s the purpose of the module, class or method (the length of it will be verified)

PROJECTS

• 0x00. Pagination
• 0x01. Caching
• 0x02-i18n

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