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A Brief Overview of Frameworks & Why Should you Choose Django

Why Choose Django - TechAffinity

A FrameworkFrameworkA framework is a collection of programs that you can use to develop your own application. It is built on top of a programming language. The framework is a set of pre-written code libraries designed to be used by developers. A programming language is a specified method of communication between the programmer and the computer. is a collection of software libraries termed as packages, plugins, gems, or modules written using the programming languages. These frameworks can be used to develop web applications or web services by customizing on top of it based on the project/business requirement. Hence, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel and take complete advantage of existing web frameworks and make changes to the project’s demands. 

It not only reduces the development cost but also significantly reduces the total development time. Moreover, a strong developer community support and extensive documentation would play a key factor in choosing a web framework to develop reliable and robust web applications.

In addition to the community support (of the programming language or a framework based out of it), third-party web services & APIAPIAn application program interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. Basically, an API specifies how software components should interact. Additionally, APIs are used when programming graphical user interface (GUI) components. can be interfaced with the web application to avail the required functionalities or the features/functional flow. 

Whether you want to make payments, maintain accounts, send out newsletters, fetch weather reports, manage shipping delivery services, currency calculations, plot the locations, etc. you can interface third-party web services to make these things happen seamlessly.

There are a lot of frameworks available in the market respective to the programming languages, but the real challenge is to choose the right framework for your web application development project. Also, it completely depends on the client’s project requirement.

Overview of the Django Framework

One of the most popular web frameworks written using PythonPythonWith dynamic semantics, Python is an object-oriented, interpreted, high-level programming language. Python reduces the maintenance cost of the program as it has simple and easy to learn syntax that emphasizes readability. Thanks to its high-level built-in data structures for making it attractive for Rapid Application Development, as well as for using it as a scripting language. Python supports a wide range of libraries and a few of them are numpy, pandas, matpotlib, scipy, etc. is Django.DjangoDjango is a framework for developing applications and websites and is written in Python. It is a free and open source web application framework that allows you to further develop the existing applications so that you don’t have to start from scratch. This framework Django has built-in functionalities like authentication support, management, and admin panels, contact forms, comment boxes, file upload support, etc. Therefore, adding them to your site properly, which was developed in a simple way, is not an issue anymore! Some of the other Python-based frameworks include TurboGearsTurboGearsTurboGears is a Python web application framework consisting of several WSGI components such as WebOb, SQLAlchemy, Genshi and Repoze and Web2pyWeb2pyWeb2py is an open-source web application framework written in the Python programming language. Web2py allows web developers to program dynamic web content using Python.. Among these three frameworks, Django stands at the top. Django is an Open SourceOpen SourceOpen-source is a type of computer software in which source code is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. web framework and it comes out of the box with a set of features to build complex web applications. It follows MVC-MVT architecture.

Compared to other web frameworks, Django has advanced conveniences for super-quick web development, works well on databases such as PostgreSQLPostgreSQLPostgreSQL is a free and open-source relational database management system emphasizing extensibility and SQL compliance., MySQLMySQLMySQL is an open source Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) based on the SQL. It is an open source RDBMS and runs on all platforms including UNIX, Windows, and Linux. It mostly associated with web applications and online publishing., SQLiteSQLiteSQLite is a relational database management system contained in a C library. In contrast to many other database management systems, SQLite is not a client-server database engine. Rather, it is embedded in the end program., and OracleOracleOracle is One of the DATABASE languages it's used for Create database, tables, records…etc… An Oracle database is a collection of data treated as a unit. The purpose of a database is to store and retrieve related information. A database server is key to solving the problems of information management., and also has the provisions to connect with other databases through third-party integrations. It encourages rapid development and being a lightweight web framework, high performing web applications can be built using Django and it strictly adheres to the DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) principles. 

For web systems with a high scope of scalability, Django is an ideal option because it’s a robust framework, and capable enough to handle large sets of concurrent users as well. Rapid development, high security, incredible variability, and exceeding scalability are four important factors that keep Django on the top for web application development.

5 Reasons to Choose Django

Open-Source: Django is a well-established Python-based open-source framework that comes with a great community of users and advocates. Also, there are group emails, online resources, Slack channels (for discussion), meetups, free workshops, and so on. Hence, Django eases smooth and easy software development.

Cross-Platform: No matter whether your project is a mobile app or a web app, Django goes well with the software development lifecycle. You can build both simple and complex web/mobile apps. Since it works fine with major databases, it lets you use a database system that is more suitable for your project and also lets you use multiple databases simultaneously. Since it comes with an ORM, you will have a layer between the database and developer, allowing you to move apps to some other database by modifying a few lines of code.

Scalable and Reliable: As Django is popular and remarkably well-maintained, the cloud service providers are looking for ways to offer support to run Django apps seamlessly on cloud platforms. As a result, an authorized developer can manage the app in a cloud environment with a single command.

DRY Principle: As said earlier, Django is based on the DRY Principle that lets you use existing codes and focus on new ones. Hence, you will be developing apps at a faster pace and reduce the hassle from the actual development process. As a result, it lets you focus on the app and deliver them at the earliest without inviting any security vulnerabilities.

Security & Extensibility: Django ensures the utmost security and comes with one of the best security systems right out of the box. Hence, it lets you avoid common security issues such as cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and clickjacking. Another key advantage of Django is its extensibility and provides all the necessary options to extend its features.  

Strong authentication mechanism, URL routing, template engine, object-relational mapping, and database schema migrations are some of the exceptional features of Django for which it’s preferred by developers for web application development. Because of its extensibility, Django was used to build high profile sites such as Pinterest, Knight Foundation, Instagram, Disqus, Heroku, and Eventbrite.

We, at TechAffinity, being a software solution provider, give you the right suggestions to choose a web framework to develop your idea into a product. After a thorough analysis of your business requirement, and considering their future needs, your web framework is finalized. Feel free to line up your queries to media@techaffinity.com or schedule a meeting with us to discuss the same with our experts.

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