Django is a Python web framework that makes building websites easier. It uses the MVC pattern with models representing the database, views handling requests and responses, and templates rendering HTML. Django generates URLs, handles forms and validation, and includes an admin interface. It removes redundancy through its template inheritance system and object-relational mapper that allows interacting with databases through Python objects.

1. Tech Talk: Django A Brief Overview and Examples Dustin Dannenhauer dtdannen @ indiana.edu March 22nd, 2011

2. What is Django? Development tool that makes building websites easier

3. Written in Python

4. DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself)

5. Originally designed for news websites

6. Current sites using Django bitbucket.org

7. guardian.co.uk (~2.5 million hits a month)

8. giantbomb.com

9. newyorktimes.com

10. comicvine.com

11. washingtonpost.com

12. lawrence.com

13. Why use a web framework? Make things easier Database ORM's

14. Automatic Admin Web Interface

15. Elegant URL design Remove Redundancy Template System (don't want to copy html around like headers, footers, etc)

16. Model-View-Controller architectural pattern (MVC)

17. Model-View-Controller(MVC) Model = Database

18. View = User Interface