DJANGO Vs FLASK Vs FASTAPI; Which Do I Learn First

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Python For Web Development Beginner Frame Work Choice and Advice

Python is a powerful high level, interpreter based programming language. Over the years, different libraries have been built with python, with each providing solutions in  a domain in the world of computing, python is popular for it’s usage in many fields of computer engineering such as Electronic programming, Artificial intelligence, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Web development, Deep Learning, App development and lots more.

Today we will be looking at python libraries for Web Development Frameworks, Beginner Choice and Advice ,Our goal is to help a newbies make a choice on which frame work to learn. We will also focus on most recommended, most used, most scalable ,most popular and possibly recommend one to start with.

DJANGO

Django is a popular, robust and scalable web backend development framework  built with python. It is a “battery include” framework  based on the DRY principle. Django is based on the WSGI (web socket gateway interface) which is a synchronous approach for executing views when an Http request is fired from the client side. The view is executed in a synchronous manner to the point where the response is sent to the client. Which  view is to be executed depends on the client’s request. Django is known for its rules, so to make something work well with Django, you will have to follow the rules, Django controls the majority of the project architecture. Django provides Django rest Framework for building web Apis.

FLASK

Flask is a powerful framework which is relatively easy to use than Django, Flask also provides a powerful rest framework tools for building web Apis, Unlike Django the project structure definition depends sorely on the developer, the developer therefore has full control over the project structure, some developers love Flask for this. Flask is also based on the synchronous WSGI, just like Django. Most beginners find it relatively easier to understand and use flask than Django.

FASTAPI

Some people think FastApi is an upgrade of Flask, unlike Django most beginners find FastApi easy to learn. FastApi is based on ASGI(Asynchronous web socket gateway interface), which allows views to be executed in an asynchronous manner, ASGI is relatively new technology as compared to WSGI, also FastApi framework is relatively new as compared to flask and Django. FastApi copies Flasks for its project structure overlay, hence most developers find It lovely.

Speed Test

Most people think that asynchronous views are faster than synchronous views of the same context. Well this is not the case in all situations, just because a view is synchronous does not mean that view will be too slow as compared to its asynchronous counterparts. So far it has been difficult to determine which Framework is better, or which is Faster, because how fast a view executes depends on a lot of future non deterministic factors. But i strongly recommend FastApi if you project is rest microservice based. here FastApi shines, Django and flask support restful microservice too, i use django rest for my restful web services, but recent tech articles have showned that fastApi restful views fun faster, though no one explicitly laid out on what bases the comparison were made.

Advice for Beginners

Most junior Developers find it hard to make a choice on which Framework to begin with. For the most part people end up making the wrong choices. To be honest I faced this problem too. It all depends on what you want to achieve and for how long you want to achieve it, and also on how scalable your project will be in the future. I don’t want to be the one to make the choice for you, choose wisely, you might only discover which suits you when you grow in them, but as of now, let your heart make a starter choice. A powerful factor which I considered is the development community. FastApi just dropped so you might find it more challenging to get help while developing your project than you would face with Flask and Django with a large community to help you with your difficulties.

Written By Ako-Ndeck Flemming Eyong 

Intern at Land Of Studies

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