Intro to Django

Question 1

What is Django?

Answer 1

Django is a free, open-source web framework written in Python.

Question 2

Why use Django?

Answer 2

Django includes out-of-the-box support for routine tasks in web development :

• the ability to connect to a database
• set URL routes
• display content on a page
• handle security properly
• etc….

so developers can focus on what makes a web application unique

Question 3

Django vs. Flask

Answer 3

1) Flask is more lightweight than Django
2) Flask allows maximum flexibility; however, this comes at a cost to the developer
3) Flask’s project structure varies widely, which makes it difficult to maintain best practices when moving between projects

Question 4

what are asynchronous views?

Answer 4

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Question 5

what is a test client?

Question 6

what is cache/cache backends?

Question 7

what is a class-based view?

Question 8

define LTS

Answer 8

Long Term Support - it will receive security updates for at least three years after its release