Is Django in 2021 still relevant?
For the past 6 years I’ve been writing web applications using Django. Django is a high-level Python web framework which enables rapid development of secure and maintainable websites. It first was first launched in 2005 and it is maintained by the Django Software Foundation (DSF). Django’s primary goal is to ease the creation of complex, database-driven websites. Is Django still relevant in 2021? As we can see in the below survey from stackoverflow it is still in the list of the top 10 web frameworks. Checkout my other article “3 Popular Websites Built With Django in 2021”
Like Python, popularity of Django has grown over the years, as we can see in the below chart from Google Trends.
In my eyes this is a strong indication that it Django is here to stay for a long-long time. If you are curious about the spike in January 2013. The movie Django Unchained was released Januar 2013.
However, with years of updates and improvements, Django has now matured to be a fully-featured web application framework. Version 3.1.7 was recently released as of a few months ago. Further development and support for Django will not stop anytime soon, because huge companies have built their products using this framework like Instagram, Mozilla, Pinterest, and NASA ( a detailed list can be found under: https://www.similartech.com/technologies/django).
My 3 personal top reasons for why I love using Django are:
1. Reusable apps
In a django project, the separation of concerns is strongly encouraged by split the various features of your web applications into “reusable apps”, which are just python packages. This helps a lot with code organization and ensures that you can easly reuse these apps in other projects.
3. ORM
One of my feature of Django is ORM (Object Relational Mapper), it its a layer between the database(s) and your webapplication, with powerful API for defining, accessing and maintaining your data from in python code.
3. Django Default admin panel
Django includes a default admin panel to help you manage your application. As well as saving you a considerable amount of time, the panel makes the work dynamics between developers and non-technical staff much smoother as they can immediately start working together on content and processes. You can, of course, modify and adapt the panel to fit your needs.
Conclusion
Django has a strong community and established a large user base over the years. Also, it is constant updated.
So, it is safe to say the future is looking bright for Django. Maybe you should give it a try for your next project.
