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The world of Python and Django

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The world of Python and Django

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- [Instructor] There are so many backend web frameworks to choose from today. Node.js alone has... what? Hundreds to choose from? So, why Python and Django? Let's talk a little bit about what makes this language great and the platform built on it, Django, even better for web development. Django is owned and maintained by the Django Software Foundation, which is an entirely separate entity from the Python Software Foundation which maintains Python. Although Django is an independent project not owned by the Python Software Foundation, the founders of Django had very similar philosophies when it came to programming and software design. If you open up a Python interface and type "Import this," you get an Easter egg known as the Zen of Python. Beautiful is better than ugly, explicit is better than implicit, simple is better than complex, etc. And if you enjoy writing Python code, it's probably a no small part due to these…

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