I've used pretty much all of the major python frameworks in a professional capacity, and have also dipped toes into the RoR world as well as the various php fra

I've used pretty much all of the major python frameworks in a professional capacity, and have also dipped toes into the RoR world as well as the various php frameworks. Django isn't "the one true way" - I've been known to reach for Tornado often - but it certainly works (ORM, templates, middleware included) for the majority of projects I've undertaken, and I've had success advising others to adopt it. Also strange to hear that Django has a unique style of MVC, it seems pretty standard to me (and from what I see a lot of new frameworks are aping it).