Or it might be the case that you just prefer to take other courses because they adapt better to your learning style.

Some course providers ✨ [**sponsor FastAPI**](../help-fastapi.md#sponsor-the-author){.internal-link target=_blank} ✨, this ensures the continued and healthy **development** of FastAPI and its **ecosystem**.

main [Tutorial - User Guide: Security](../../tutorial/security/index.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.

They are all based on the same concepts, but allow some extra functionalities....

    When you install with `pip install fastapi` it comes with some default optional standard dependencies.

    If you don't want to have those optional dependencies, you can instead install `pip install fastapi-slim`.

## Advanced User Guide

There is also an **Advanced User Guide** that you can read later after this **Tutorial - User guide**.

The **Advanced User Guide**, builds on this, uses the same concepts, and teaches you some extra features.