You can read more about this in the [Advanced User Guide](../advanced/index.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.

## Details

The first `"/static"` refers to the sub-path this "sub-application" will be "mounted" on. So, any path that starts with `"/static"` will be handled by it.

The `directory="static"` refers to the name of the directory that contains your static files.

The `name="static"` gives it a name that can be used internally by **FastAPI**.

    ```Python hl_lines="1"
    async def needy_dependency(fresh_value: Annotated[str, Depends(get_value, use_cache=False)]):
        return {"fresh_value": fresh_value}
    ```

=== "Python 3.8+ nicht annotiert"

    !!! tip "Tipp"
        Bevorzugen Sie die `Annotated`-Version, falls möglich.

    ```Python hl_lines="1"
    async def needy_dependency(fresh_value: str = Depends(get_value, use_cache=False)):

8. Notice that this *path operation function* uses regular `def` instead of `async def`.

    As always, in FastAPI you can combine `def` and `async def` as needed.

    If you need a refresher about when to use which, check out the section _"In a hurry?"_ in the docs about [`async` and `await`](../async.md#in-a-hurry){.internal-link target=_blank}.

    ```console
    $ hypercorn main:app --bind 0.0.0.0:80

    Running on 0.0.0.0:8080 over http (CTRL + C to quit)
    ```

    </div>

!!! note
    The command `uvicorn main:app` refers to:

    * `main`: the file `main.py` (the Python "module").
    * `app`: the object created inside of `main.py` with the line `app = FastAPI()`.

    It is equivalent to:

    ```Python

Here we'll see an example using **<a href="https://www.couchbase.com/" class="external-link" target="_blank">Couchbase</a>**, a <abbr title="Document here refers to a JSON object (a dict), with keys and values, and those values can also be other JSON objects, arrays (lists), numbers, strings, booleans, etc.">document</abbr> based NoSQL database.

You can adapt it to any other NoSQL database like:

    !!! tip
        Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

    ```Python hl_lines="6"
    {!> ../../../docs_src/security/tutorial001.py!}
    ```

!!! tip
    Here `tokenUrl="token"` refers to a relative URL `token` that we haven't created yet. As it's a relative URL, it's equivalent to `./token`.

    ```Python hl_lines="1"
    async def needy_dependency(fresh_value: Annotated[str, Depends(get_value, use_cache=False)]):
        return {"fresh_value": fresh_value}
    ```

=== "Python 3.8+ non-Annotated"

    !!! tip
        Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

    ```Python hl_lines="1"
    async def needy_dependency(fresh_value: str = Depends(get_value, use_cache=False)):

=== "Python 3.8+"

    ```Python hl_lines="21"
    {!> ../../../docs_src/path_operation_configuration/tutorial005.py!}
    ```

!!! info
    Notice that `response_description` refers specifically to the response, the `description` refers to the *path operation* in general.

!!! check
    OpenAPI specifies that each *path operation* requires a response description.

By the time I started creating **FastAPI** itself, most of the pieces were already in place, the design was defined, the requirements and tools were ready, and the knowledge about the standards and specifications was clear and fresh.

## Future

By this point, it's already clear that **FastAPI** with its ideas is being useful for many people.

It is being chosen over previous alternatives for suiting many use cases better.

### Just Modern Python

It's all based on standard **Python type** declarations (thanks to Pydantic). No new syntax to learn. Just standard modern Python.

If you need a 2 minute refresher of how to use Python types (even if you don't use FastAPI), check the short tutorial: [Python Types](python-types.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.

You write standard Python with types:

```Python
from datetime import date