About This Class

Django is a web framework written in Python. In this class, you'll be building and learning about Django bit by bit. 

What is Django?

The idea of Django is to build something powerful fast. We believe it's approachable enough for beginners with Python yet powerful enough for pros.

A few notable sites that are using (or have used) Django as a primary backend:

Django is legit. Start learning it in this class!

What is Python?

Python is a programming language that does all kinds of amazing things! You can:

As you see, Python is great for a wide range of projects... and yet, it's great for beginners because of it's clean syntax and much more. Are you interested in starting? Check out 30 Days of Python for more.

What is a Web Framework?

A framework is a shortcut to making things happen because it includes a lot of features that many projects need. Web frameworks are no different, let's think about an example:

Your app needs to remember user data like login, username, email, and such. How do you design this? Well, you could build it from scratch or you can use a framework like Django.

Web frameworks, like Django, often handle user login, storing data, and many other things that are required for building a functional web application. This saves a LOT of development time because it removes work in building things that nearly all web applications have.

In short, frameworks save us time by leveraging the expertise of a large group of developers.