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

But you should first read the **Tutorial - User Guide** (what you are reading right now).

        ClassPath.getClassPathEntry(new File("/home/build/outer.jar"), "file:/usr/test/dep.jar")
            .toURI());
    assertEquals(
        new File("/home/build/a.jar").toURI(),
        ClassPath.getClassPathEntry(new File("/home/build/outer.jar"), "a.jar").toURI());
    assertEquals(
        new File("/home/build/x/y/z").toURI(),
        ClassPath.getClassPathEntry(new File("/home/build/outer.jar"), "x/y/z").toURI());

**projects depend on**. That's very difficult to manage. And you would probably end up running some projects with some **incompatible versions** of the packages, and not knowing why something isn't working.

Also, depending on your operating system (e.g. Linux, Windows, macOS), it could have come with Python already installed. And in that case it probably had some packages pre-installed with some specific versions **needed by your system**. If you install packages in the global Python environment,...

        ClassPath.getClassPathEntry(new File("/home/build/outer.jar"), "file:/usr/test/dep.jar")
            .toURI());
    assertEquals(
        new File("/home/build/a.jar").toURI(),
        ClassPath.getClassPathEntry(new File("/home/build/outer.jar"), "a.jar").toURI());
    assertEquals(
        new File("/home/build/x/y/z").toURI(),
        ClassPath.getClassPathEntry(new File("/home/build/outer.jar"), "x/y/z").toURI());

        return this.profilePath;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the user's home directory path.
     * @return the home directory path
     */
    public String getHomeDirectory() {
        return this.homeDirectory;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the user's home drive letter.
     * @return the home drive
     */
    public String getHomeDrive() {
        return this.homeDrive;
    }

labels.user_configuration=Utente
labels.user_list_name=Nome
labels.user_password=Password
labels.user_confirm_password=Password (conferma)
labels.user_title_details=Utente
labels.role_configuration=Ruolo
labels.role_list_name=Nome
labels.role_name=Nome
labels.role_title_details=Ruolo
labels.group_configuration=Gruppo
labels.group_list_name=Nome
labels.group_name=Nome
labels.group_title_details=Gruppo

# History, Design and Future { #history-design-and-future }

Some time ago, <a href="https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/issues/3#issuecomment-454956920" class="external-link" target="_blank">a **FastAPI** user asked</a>:

> What’s the history of this project? It seems to have come from nowhere to awesome in a few weeks [...]

Here's a little bit of that history.

## Alternatives { #alternatives }

**FastAPI** provides several tools to help you deal with **Security** easily, rapidly, in a standard way, without having to study and learn all the security specifications.

But first, let's check some small concepts.

## In a hurry? { #in-a-hurry }

If you don't care about any of these terms and you just need to add security with authentication based on username and password *right now*, skip to the next chapters.

Templates, while typically come with a specific setup, are designed to be flexible and customizable. This allows you to modify and adapt them to your project's requirements, making them an excellent starting point. 🏁

You can use this template to get started, as it includes a lot of the initial set up, security, database and some API endpoints already done for you.

    * A "token" is just a string with some content that we can use later to verify this user.
    * Normally, a token is set to expire after some time.
        * So, the user will have to log in again at some point later.
        * And if the token is stolen, the risk is less. It is not like a permanent key that will work forever (in most of the cases).