So, continuing with the `user_dict` from above, writing:

```Python
UserInDB(**user_dict)
```

would result in something equivalent to:

```Python
UserInDB(
    username="john",
    password="secret",
    email="******@****.***",
    full_name=None,
)
```

But when checking benchmarks and comparisons you should keep the following in mind.

## Benchmarks and speed

When you check the benchmarks, it is common to see several tools of different types compared as equivalent.

Specifically, to see Uvicorn, Starlette and FastAPI compared together (among many other tools).

    * You can imagine that `main:app` is equivalent to a Python `import` statement like:

        ```Python
        from main import app
        ```

    * So, the colon in `main:app` would be equivalent to the Python `import` part in `from main import app`.

Alternatively, if you don't have a way to provide a command line option like `--root-path` or equivalent, you can set the `root_path` parameter when creating your FastAPI app:

```Python hl_lines="3"
{!../../../docs_src/behind_a_proxy/tutorial002.py!}
```

Passing the `root_path` to `FastAPI` would be the equivalent of passing the `--root-path` command line option to Uvicorn or Hypercorn.

### About `root_path`

* Build your FastAPI image:

<div class="termy">

```console
$ docker build -t myimage .

---> 100%
```

</div>

!!! tip
    Notice the `.` at the end, it's equivalent to `./`, it tells Docker the directory to use to build the container image.

    In this case, it's the same current directory (`.`).

### Start the Docker Container

* Run a container based on your image:

    This section doesn't apply those ideas, to be equivalent to the counterpart in <a href="https://www.starlette.io/database/" class="external-link" target="_blank">Starlette</a>.

## Import and set up `SQLAlchemy`

* Import `SQLAlchemy`.
* Create a `metadata` object.

}

my_second_user: User = User(**second_user_data)
```

!!! info
    `**second_user_data` means:

    Pass the keys and values of the `second_user_data` dict directly as key-value arguments, equivalent to: `User(id=4, name="Mary", joined="2018-11-30")`

### Editor support

!!! 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
    from main import app
    ```

!!! warning
    Uvicorn and others support a `--reload` option that is useful during development.

    {!> ../../../docs_src/security/tutorial003.py!}
    ```

#### About `**user_dict`

`UserInDB(**user_dict)` means:

*Pass the keys and values of the `user_dict` directly as key-value arguments, equivalent to:*

```Python
UserInDB(
    username = user_dict["username"],
    email = user_dict["email"],
    full_name = user_dict["full_name"],
    disabled = user_dict["disabled"],

`Optional[Something]` is actually a shortcut for `Union[Something, None]`, they are equivalent.

This also means that in Python 3.10, you can use `Something | None`:

=== "Python 3.10+"

    ```Python hl_lines="1"
    {!> ../../../docs_src/python_types/tutorial009_py310.py!}
    ```