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As someone who only knows frontend / React, I’ve been curious about Django vs Rails vs Laravel literally for years. One day I intend to take one of these for a

As someone who only knows frontend / React, I’ve been curious about Django vs Rails vs Laravel literally for years. One day I intend to take one of these for an extended spin and see how it contrasts with gluing things together in JavaScript land.

gtaylor 5y ago
Opinions on this vary wildly, but you can be very productive with any of them. Pick what makes the most sense to you and get to it!
dfsegoat 5y ago
A few reasons I like Django in general [Have also used Laravel]: - Out of the box db modeling + true relational schema generation, migrations & rollbacks. Get going with local sqlite right away. - You can always check what db migrations are going to do by generating the raw SQL for a migration file. [1] - It has a separate, secure web admin for data management, user management, + whatever [2]. - Combine with e.g. Django REST Framework [3] for REST API functionality. - Can run it on AWS Lambda with zappa.(<sigh> "serverless") 1 - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/models/relations/ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/models/relations/ 2 - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/intro/tutorial07/ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/intro/tutorial07/ 3 - https://www.django-rest-framework.org/ https://www.django-rest-framework.org/ 4 - https://blog.logrocket.com/zappa-and-aws-lambda-for-serverless-django/ https://blog.logrocket.com/zappa-and-aws-lambda-for-serverle... edit: format
nesarkvechnep 5y ago
I would say go for Elixir. It’s the right choice for building backend services.
dkobia 5y ago
All great options. Really boils down to which language will give you the most mileage for what you’re trying to achieve as a developer - Python, Ruby or PHP. Better yet if you have the time, give them all a spin and let the philosophies that influence each frameworks design drive your decision.
ldiracdelta 5y ago
If you're considering Django with react front-end, consider Django REST Framework. https://www.django-rest-framework.org/ https://www.django-rest-framework.org/
g42gregory 5y ago
Nodejs and surrounding ecosystem is good for extreme performance apps, built with very little hardware expense. I would say very few people have this requirement. Django is absolutely fast enough and it’s pure Python. The benefits are easy and fast development, as well as ability to plug-in a billion of available Python modules, including all of the available AI infrastructure.

gtaylor 5y ago

Opinions on this vary wildly, but you can be very productive with any of them. Pick what makes the most sense to you and get to it!

dfsegoat 5y ago

A few reasons I like Django in general [Have also used Laravel]: - Out of the box db modeling + true relational schema generation, migrations & rollbacks. Get going with local sqlite right away. - You can always check what db migrations are going to do by generating the raw SQL for a migration file. [1] - It has a separate, secure web admin for data management, user management, + whatever [2]. - Combine with e.g. Django REST Framework [3] for REST API functionality. - Can run it on AWS Lambda with zappa.(<sigh> "serverless") 1 - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/models/relations/ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/models/relations/ 2 - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/intro/tutorial07/ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/intro/tutorial07/ 3 - https://www.django-rest-framework.org/ https://www.django-rest-framework.org/ 4 - https://blog.logrocket.com/zappa-and-aws-lambda-for-serverless-django/ https://blog.logrocket.com/zappa-and-aws-lambda-for-serverle... edit: format

nesarkvechnep 5y ago

I would say go for Elixir. It’s the right choice for building backend services.

dkobia 5y ago

All great options. Really boils down to which language will give you the most mileage for what you’re trying to achieve as a developer - Python, Ruby or PHP. Better yet if you have the time, give them all a spin and let the philosophies that influence each frameworks design drive your decision.

ldiracdelta 5y ago

If you're considering Django with react front-end, consider Django REST Framework. https://www.django-rest-framework.org/ https://www.django-rest-framework.org/

g42gregory 5y ago

Nodejs and surrounding ecosystem is good for extreme performance apps, built with very little hardware expense. I would say very few people have this requirement. Django is absolutely fast enough and it’s pure Python. The benefits are easy and fast development, as well as ability to plug-in a billion of available Python modules, including all of the available AI infrastructure.