What’s all this fuss about Django?

If you ask most Python developers which framework they prefer, I’ll wager it is an even split between Flask and Django. I’ll also wager that the Django crowd are raving fans of Django while Flask seems more like a thing you use to get stuff done. It’s like getting excited about a screwdriver. Django is a lot more opinionated, and as such, a lot more “in your face." You barely notice Flask because it’s just a piece of the puzzle. Django is all the pieces in one box, plus that glue you use to make puzzles into a picture, plus an expensive frame for the completed glued puzzle, plus a beach house so you have a place to hang your puzzle. There might even be little mints on the pillows in the beach house, but I make no promises.

Django, on the other hand, promises to be a web framework that handles the heavy lifting and repetitive aspects of web application development. Web developers are freed up to focus...