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DJANGO Create a database-driven website

The Django web framework was named after the famous guitarist Django Reinhardt and was first created by web developers at a small newspaper in Kansas. The main goals of Django is to enable fast development of complex websites with database needs. It is very easy to get started if you have some Python experience; the package includes a simple web server and an optional admin interface.

In the stable version (Django 2.2), you need to have at least Python 3.4 – it works well with Python 3.7.3. Do your best to stay at the highest stable version when you start a new project. Django always aims to follow the standards set in PEP3333, usually known as WSGI.

Twang the Django

The most obvious way to use Django is to create a CMS and create your own blog. With the vast array of packages available, you can create many other sites. It already powers many of the big websites on the internet and has many packages, which support the creation of web stores, social networks and even scientific computing sites.

The first thing you notice is that Django helps you get started in a

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