django - An introduction

django is a web framework developed entirely in Python which helps in building better web applications more quickly and easily.  It also encourages rapid development with clean and pragmatic design.

Some of the prominent web sites that used django are Pinterest, Instagram, Mozilla among others.

django focuses on automating as much as possible and implements DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle.

Features:

• Object-relational mapper
• Data models can be created which enables to generate dynamic and rich database-access API automatically connecting to databases like in-built sqlLite or even like Oracle, DB2, MySql, Microsoft SQL Server etc.
• Automactic admin interface
•  django automatically creates the admin user interface for adding, editing, deleting groups and/ or users
• Elegant Url design
• Urls can be defined however you want with no limitations and it is flexible
• Template system
• django has powerful, extensible and designer-friendly template language to separate design, content and Python code.  It follows the approach of MVC framework
• Cache system
• django can be combined with other cache frameworks like 'memcached' to improve performance 
•  Internationalization
• django supports multi-language applications allowing you to specify translation strings and language-specific functionality