Backend Frameworks

Django

Django is Python's batteries-included web framework, pairing an ORM, admin interface, and security defaults with twenty years of production hardening. It excels at content-heavy and data-driven applications.

Pros

  • Free admin interface. A production-ready CRUD admin generates directly from models. 0
  • Security by default. CSRF, XSS, and SQL injection protections are built in. 0
  • Mature ORM. Migrations and querysets handle most database work without SQL. 0
  • Python ecosystem. Direct access to the best data and ML libraries. 0

Cons

  • Synchronous legacy. Async support is partial; the ORM remains largely blocking. 0
  • Monolith bias. The framework resists trimming down for microservices. 0
  • Template-era frontend. Modern SPA workflows need bolted-on tooling like DRF. 0
  • Raw speed. Request throughput trails Go, Rust, and Node frameworks. 0

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