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Django

What is Django?

Django is a high level web based framework for Python. It is open source and has an active community of contributors. Project Django began between 2003 and 2005 at a newspaper company. The developers took the most common snippets of code that were being reused over and over again and turned it into a wen development framework.

Some of Django’s Features

• Object Mapping
• URL Pattern Creation and Viewing
• Template Designing
• Forms Library
• Security and Authentication
• Administrative Control

Getting Started with Django

• Install Django
  • $ git clone https://github.com/django/django.git
  • $ python -m pip install -e django/
• Create Project
  • $ django-admin startproject mysite
• “Put your code in some directory outside of the document root, such as /home/mycode.”
• Test it out!
  • $ python manage.py runserver

Sources:

• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/intro/tutorial01/
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Django/Introduction
• https://wsvincent.com/how-django-works-behind-the-scenes/
• https://www.djangoproject.com/start/