===== Overview =====

[[http://www.djangoproject.com/|Django]] is a full-stack Python web framework.  It is particularly well-suited to CMS-based applications, with automatic generation of CRUD-screen admin pages and a large set of "generic view" functions that work with user-created templates to provide common functionality like list and detail views, date-based archives, etc.

===== Case Studies =====

  * http://djangobook.com/en/1.0/appendixA/
  * http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/DjangoSuccessStoryPbsTeacherLine

===== Gotchas ======

  * Apache + mod_python is a popular deployment configuration and is used on many high-traffic Django sites. However, for development, this configuration is not recommended because code changes are not immediately visible to running mod_python processes. For development there is a lightweight built-in server which automatically reloads Python modules whose source files have changed.

===== Tips & Tricks =====

  * Django separates the concept of a "project" (which generally corresponds to a whole website) and an "app" (which is a small bit of independent functionality.  There are many 3rd-party reusable apps available on the net, and these can drastically simplify the development of common functionality.  See Django Pluggables 

===== Alternatives =====

  * [[Pylons]]
  * [[web.py]]
  * [[TurboGears]]
  * [[Rails]]

===== Other Resources =====

  * [[http://djangoplugables.com/|Django Pluggables]], a reusable app directory
  * [[http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/DjangoResources|Django Resources]], a wiki of Django resources
  * [[http://www.djangosites.org/|Django Sites]], a list of Django-powered sites