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I would rather use Flask for that.
I am learning Python right now and want to build a website using this programming language. Django and Flask seem to be the best frameworks for this purpose. I understand that Django has steeper learning curve and comes with "everything", whereas Flask is more modular and compositional. If I were to use Flask, is there anything that I could not do but that Django could?
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I would rather use Flask for that.
I am learning Python right now and want to build a website using this programming language. Django and Flask seem to be the best frameworks for this purpose. I understand that Django has steeper learning curve and comes with "everything", whereas Flask is more modular and compositional. If I were to use Flask, is there anything that I could not do but that Django could?
Suddenly it's not so simple.
That being said, if your app really is simple (single file, under 100 lines) flask is excellent.
This is probably your best bet if you're just going to build a nice CRUD frontend for a business app, possibly with an API (via DRF). I am doing this right now on a project as it's the shortest path to a win. The API however is written in Java 8 / vertx.
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I would rather use Flask for that.
I am learning Python right now and want to build a website using this programming language. Django and Flask seem to be the best frameworks for this purpose. I understand that Django has steeper learning curve and comes with "everything", whereas Flask is more modular and compositional. If I were to use Flask, is there anything that I could not do but that Django could?
No, but it might be simpler.
When I started doing webdev in Python I used Flask (it's so slim, they said) and I still like it, but if you have some kind of DB in the back and care about user management, Flask won't help you.
Most people then use sqlalchemy and specific extensions for Flask to handle the user and security stuff. Although this works, I would advise you to start with Django.
This is probably your best bet if you're just going to build a nice CRUD frontend for a business app, possibly with an API (via DRF). I am doing this right now on a project as it's the shortest path to a win. The API however is written in Java 8 / vertx.
> This is probably your best bet if you're just going to build a nice CRUD frontend for a business app, possibly with an API (via DRF). If I had to choose a framework for a web API these days, I would go with something that is async from the ground up.
This is probably your best bet if you're just going to build a nice CRUD frontend for a business app, possibly with an API (via DRF). I am doing this right now on a project as it's the shortest path to a win. The API however is written in Java 8 / vertx.
Rails is the "shortest path to a win". Django is well made, but it just hasn't had the same level of focus on RAD or the same level of intensity of community support.
Edit: My goodness there are some insecure, vindictive Django advocates here! What I wrote above is the truth and no level of tribalism can change it.
This is probably your best bet if you're just going to build a nice CRUD frontend for a business app, possibly with an API (via DRF). I am doing this right now on a project as it's the shortest path to a win. The API however is written in Java 8 / vertx.
I’d posit that a simple crud app would take an order of magnitude less time with Rails. I’ve been a Django developer since 0.96 and have built dozens of apps with it. After transitioning to Rails, it’s hard to justify the use unless you’re in an evironment that absolutely must use Python.
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I am learning Python right now and want to build a website using this programming language. Django and Flask seem to be the best frameworks for this purpose. I understand that Django has steeper learning curve and comes with "everything", whereas Flask is more modular and compositional. If I were to use Flask, is there anything that I could not do but that Django could?
The advantage of Django is it comes bundled with everything you could need. Flask is simple, but then you need user authentication. Which library do you use? Is it updated and maintained? What about an ORM, forms, templating, localzation. Do they all work together? Suddenly it's not so simple. That being said, if your app really is simple (single file, under 100 lines) flask is excellent.
Wow, I remember being curious about Django a year ago. Now it's at 2.0 ! It already felt overwhelming then, but now even more so. I can't wait to check it out more. On a sidenote, I feel bad for the developers who have to migrate to Django 2.0. Hopefully it's not too much work, I know a codebase review and full update can't be fun with the business managers and customers at your throat.
If you need to upgrade from Python 2 to Python 3 it will likely be a fair amount of work.
In case it's useful, here's what I did to upgrade my blog (a pretty simple application, though one that's been around for a long time and survived a lot of different Django versions): https://github.com/simonw/simonwillisonblog/pull/10
This is probably your best bet if you're just going to build a nice CRUD frontend for a business app, possibly with an API (via DRF). I am doing this right now on a project as it's the shortest path to a win. The API however is written in Java 8 / vertx.
I’d posit that a simple crud app would take an order of magnitude less time with Rails. I’ve been a Django developer since 0.96 and have built dozens of apps with it. After transitioning to Rails, it’s hard to justify the use unless you’re in an evironment that absolutely must use Python.