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Was Django ever the hot new thing? Python certainly isn't and has never been "hot." In the 2000s, it seems much more like all the attention went to RoR. Now al
by morgante 10y ago
Was Django ever the hot new thing? Python certainly isn't and has never been "hot."
In the 2000s, it seems much more like all the attention went to RoR. Now all the attention goes to JavaScript.
In the meantime, Django has steadily added new functionality while adhering to smart core principles. It really does seem to be in the sweet spot of dependability and convenience. I don't think anything else is faster to develop with.
- oliwarner 10y agoYou must have been asleep 5-10 years ago when Rails and Django were repeatedly being pitched against each other by hipster developers, leaving PHP, looking for the "new thing". They were both scorching hot until somebody decided doing everything in Javascript was a good idea. (Edit FTR: Given the topic thread, I feel it important to say that I didn't mean Node et al are better than Django, just that these hipsters thought —by virtue of being newer and newer is always better— it time to move on. I'm a Django dev and judging by the positive state of development, will be for a LONG time.)
- morgante 10y agoI guess I remember all the hype going to Rails, not Django. For example, dozens of coding bootcamps used a Rails curriculum but I haven't heard of a single one which taught Django.