An Introduction to The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines (Django)
Tags: django, python, programming, webdev
Published: 2021-06-06 05:29:37


In this post, we will be going to discuss one of the most used and fast-growing web framework i.e  [Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/).

Table of content
1. What Is Django?
2. What are the features of Django?
3. What are the advantages of Django?
4. Companies that uses the Django

so, let's get started.

## What Is Django?

Django is a high-level Python web framework that allows you to develop web pages rapidly, it is free and open-source and very fast in developing web pages. 
Django offers out of the box features like Authentication, Authorization, Templates, Dynamic Url generating, database Connectivity, ORM to Query data and so many.

## What are the features of Django?

There are many features that Django offers to us, here we will see some important ones.

### Well documentation

The documentation provided by the [Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/) Community is beginner-friendly and rich in content.

### SEO optimised

Because of the template system and template inheritance, Web pages built with Django is fully SEO optimized.

### Maintainable

Django code is written using design principles and patterns that encourage the creation of maintainable and reusable code. In particular, it makes use of the Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle so there is no unnecessary duplication, reducing the amount of code. Django also promotes the grouping of related functionality into reusable "applications" and, at a lower level, groups related code into modules (along the lines of the Model View Controller (MVC) pattern).

### Well Tested

It is a thoroughly tested framework, so you will not need to test the default codebase.
it also provides testing packages to write your own test.

### Secure

Django provides a secure way to manage user accounts and password, it helps developers avoid many common security mistakes by providing a framework to protect the website automatically.

### Versatile

Django can be (and has been) used to build almost any type of website — from content management systems and wikis, through to social networks and news sites. It can work with any client-side framework and can deliver content in almost any format (including HTML, RSS feeds, JSON, XML, etc).

### Portable

Django is written in Python, which runs on many platforms. That means that you are not tied to any particular server platform, and can run your applications on many flavours of Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

## What are the advantages of Django?

- **Written in Python Language:** 
As mentioned Django is written in Python. Python language is simple to learn and easy to implement. Python manages more in fewer lines with large libraries.

- **Django and Python:** Django and Python are core solutions for Fintech Companies in Silicon Valley, IT giants, Blue chip companies, and the Internet of things.

- **Extensive Support Libraries:** It provides libraries that include string operations, web services, operating system interfaces, and standard protocol.

- **ORM Support:** It provides ORM (Object Relational mapping) to work with the database so, you would not be required to write SQL queries to perform database operations.

- **Administrative Interface:** The administration interface provided by Django is simple to create and one of the key advantages of using a framework. It gives you a fully-featured admin interface.

## Companies that uses the Django

1. Disqus
2. Youtube
3. Instagram
4. Spotify
5. Bitbucket
6. DropBox

these are some companies that use Django for their development.

Thank you for reading.

## Reference

[Mozilla docs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Django)