---
title: "Building a FastAPI Application with Okteto - Part 1 - Getting Started"
description: "Learn how to create a FastAPI app with Okteto remote development environments in this video series by Abdul."
url: "https://www.okteto.com/blog/fastapi-and-okteto-video-series-getting-started/"
source: "https://www.okteto.com"
---

# Building a FastAPI Application with Okteto - Part 1 - Getting Started

Welcome back to our video series - Building a FastAPI Application with Okteto. This is Part 1: Getting Started.

In this video, we'll be setting up our FastAPI application structure as well as creating the initial deployment to Okteto and setting up our dev environments.

Be sure to subscribe to our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXYaFkiXHdBA7fjKgEgSJfA) to be the first to know when new videos go live!

### Resources:

-   Try Okteto for [free](https://www.okteto.com/signup/)
-   Follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/oktetohq/)
-   [Guestbook API code](https://github.com/okteto/guestbook-api/tree/setting-up)