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Happy 20th Birthday, Django

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578 points davepeck | 1 comments | 13 Jul 25 18:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.384s | source
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bnchrch ◴[14 Jul 25 14:30 UTC] No.44560718[source]▶
As someone today who is an unrelenting critic of python.

I have to say thank you to Simon and the Django community as a whole.

Its a wonderful "batteries included" framework that has launched many successful projects, companies, and careers. Mine included.

And I'd be lying if I didnt say I still use pgadmin as my benchmark for evaluating admin panels in other ecosystems.

What you all created with Django is amazing.

We'd all be much further behind in tech without it.

Thanks absolute heaps.

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chistev ◴[14 Jul 25 15:27 UTC] No.44561318[source]▶
How can you be an unrelenting critic of Python but love Django?
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rollcat ◴[14 Jul 25 15:36 UTC] No.44561413[source]▶
I don't think you can honestly and objectively criticise something you don't truly know.

There's still no framework in e.g. Go that comes anywhere close to matching Django. It's pragmatic, doesn't do too much meta-magic (I still don't "get" Rails), lets you strip away any layers you don't need, etc.

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1. imiric ◴[14 Jul 25 23:28 UTC] No.44566446[source]▶
> There's still no framework in e.g. Go that comes anywhere close to matching Django.

I don't think Go is an apt comparison. Its philosophy is to eschew traditional frameworks in favor of relying on the rich standard library as much as possible, and on small external libraries when needed. This does lead to a duplication of effort and bespoke mini-frameworks that only technically have a fraction of the features of a typical framework, but the end result is much simpler, more understandable and flexible. All in a highly performant language with a great ecosystem, packaging, and tooling <3

That said, Django is an amazing framework that has stood the test of time. Like many here, it was one of the projects that kickstarted my web development career. Kudos to the team and community, and here's to another 20! \o/