What you’ll learn

In RU102PY, you’ll build a complete application using Python, Redis, and the Flask web framework. You’ll learn how to connect to Redis, model a domain, store and retrieve data, and take advantage of common Redis patterns.

What you’ll build

As the course progresses, you’ll write code that implements the features of a solar power monitoring application. This real-world project consists of three components:

• A command-line data loading application
• A REST API backend using Flask
• A Vue.js front end (No Vue experience required!)

We’ll store data in Redis using a data model that we’ll develop along the way. The project will leverage a number of Redis data structures, including:

• Hashes
• Sets
• Sorted Sets
• Geospatial indexes
• Streams

We’ll provide examples of best practices such as the use of pipelining, transactions, and Lua scripting. We’ll also demonstrate several common Redis patterns, including rate-limiting for API calls and leaderboards for top-producing solar sites.

Course Outline