:Django (web framework)

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Django ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|æ|ŋ|ɡ|oʊ}} {{respell|JANG|goh}}; sometimes stylized as django){{cite web|url=http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/faq/general/#what-does-django-mean-and-how-do-you-pronounce-it|title=FAQ: General - Django documentation - Django|access-date=30 April 2016}} is a free and open-source, Python-based web framework that runs on a web server. It follows the model–template–views (MTV) architectural pattern.{{cite web|url=http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/faq/general/#django-appears-to-be-a-mvc-framework-but-you-call-the-controller-the-view-and-the-view-the-template-how-come-you-don-t-use-the-standard-names|title=FAQ: General - Django documentation - Django|access-date=30 April 2016}}{{cite book |author=Adrian Holovaty, Jacob Kaplan-Moss |title=The Django Book |quote=Django follows this MVC pattern closely enough that it can be called an MVC framework |url=http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter05.html#the-mtv-or-mvc-development-pattern |display-authors=etal |access-date=3 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902130823/http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter05.html#the-mtv-or-mvc-development-pattern |archive-date=2 September 2016 |url-status=dead }} It is maintained by the Django Software Foundation (DSF), an independent organization established in the US as a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

Django's primary goal is to ease the creation of complex, database-driven websites. The framework emphasizes reusability and "pluggability" of components, less code, low coupling, rapid development, and the principle of don't repeat yourself.{{cite web|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/misc/design-philosophies/|title=Design Philosophies|work=Django|access-date=18 March 2018}} Python is used throughout, even for settings, files, and data models. Django also provides an optional administrative create, read, update and delete interface that is generated dynamically through introspection and configured via admin models.

Some well-known sites that use Django include Instagram,{{Cite web|url=https://instagram-engineering.tumblr.com/post/13649370142/what-powers-instagram-hundreds-of-instances|title=What Powers Instagram: Hundreds of Instances, Dozens of Technologies|website=Instagram Engineering}} Mozilla,{{cite web|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Python#Use_of_Python_at_Mozilla|title=Python|work=Mozilla Developer Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208002537/https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Python#Use_of_Python_at_Mozilla|access-date=30 April 2016|archive-date=8 February 2012}} Disqus,{{Cite web|url=https://blog.disqus.com/scaling-django-to-8-billion-page-views|title=Scaling Django to 8 Billion Page Views|first=Matt|last=Robenolt|website=blog.disqus.com}} Bitbucket,{{cite web|url=https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/DjangoSuccessStoryBitbucket|title=DjangoSuccessStoryBitbucket – Django|access-date=30 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420214550/https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/DjangoSuccessStoryBitbucket|archive-date=20 April 2016|url-status=dead}} Nextdoor,{{cite web|title=The anti-Facebook: one in four American neighborhoods are now using this private social network|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/8/18/6030393/nextdoor-private-social-network-40000-neighborhoods|website=The Verge|date=18 August 2014 |access-date=16 June 2016}} and Clubhouse.{{cite web |last1=Demi |first1=Luke |title=Reining in the thundering herd ⛈ Getting to 80% CPU utilization with Django |url=https://blog.clubhouse.com/reining-in-the-thundering-herd-with-django-and-gunicorn/ |website=Clubhouse Blog |access-date=16 August 2021 |language=en |date=15 August 2021}}

History

Django was created in the autumn of 2003, when the web programmers at the Lawrence Journal-World newspaper, Adrian Holovaty and Simon Willison, began using Python to build applications. Jacob Kaplan-Moss was hired early in Django's development shortly before Willison's internship ended.{{Cite web| url=https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-history-of-the-Django-web-framework-Why-has-it-been-described-as-developed-in-a-newsroom/answer/Simon-Willison| title=What is the history of the Django web framework? Why has it been described as "developed in a newsroom"?| last=Willison| first=Simon| author-link=Simon Willison |website=Quora |access-date=18 October 2019}} It was released publicly under a BSD license in July 2005. The framework was named after guitarist Django Reinhardt.{{cite web |url=https://djangobook.com/introducing-django/|title=Introducing Django|access-date=29 July 2018 |publisher=The Django Book |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729171111/https://djangobook.com/introducing-django/ |archive-date=29 July 2018|url-status=dead}} Holovaty is a romani jazz guitar player inspired in part by Reinhardt's music.{{Cite web|url=https://acousticguitar.com/review-adrian-holovatys-playful-and-precise-melodic-guitar-music/|title=Review: Adrian Holovaty's Playful and Precise 'Melodic Guitar Music'|work=Acoustic Guitar|date=12 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230012044/https://acousticguitar.com/review-adrian-holovatys-playful-and-precise-melodic-guitar-music/|archive-date=30 December 2023}}

In June 2008, it was announced that a newly formed Django Software Foundation (DSF) would maintain Django in the future.{{cite web|url=http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2008/jun/17/foundation/|title=Announcing the Django Software Foundation - Weblog - Django|date=17 June 2008 |access-date=30 April 2016}}

Features

=Components=

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Despite having its own nomenclature, such as naming the callable objects generating the HTTP responses "views", the core Django framework can be seen as an MVC architecture. It consists of an object-relational mapper (ORM) that mediates between data models (defined as Python classes) and a relational database ("Model"), a system for processing HTTP requests with a web templating system ("View"), and a regular-expression-based URL dispatcher ("Controller").

Also included in the core framework are:

a lightweight and standalone web server for development and testing
a form serialization and validation system that can translate between HTML forms and values suitable for storage in the database
a template system that utilizes the concept of inheritance borrowed from object-oriented programming
a caching framework that can use any of several cache methods
support for middleware classes that can intervene at various stages of request processing and carry out custom functions
an internal dispatcher system that allows components of an application to communicate events to each other via pre-defined signals
an internationalization system, including translations of Django's own components into a variety of languages
a serialization system that can produce and read XML and/or JSON representations of Django model instances
a system for extending the capabilities of the template engine
an interface to Python's built-in unit test framework

=Bundled applications=

The main Django distribution also bundles a number of applications in its "contrib" package, including:

an extensible authentication system
the dynamic administrative interface
tools for generating RSS and Atom syndication feeds
a "Sites" framework that allows one Django installation to run multiple websites, each with their own content and applications
tools for generating Sitemaps
built-in mitigation for cross-site request forgery, cross-site scripting, SQL injection, password cracking and other typical web attacks, most of them turned on by default{{cite web | url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/security/ | title=Security in Django | publisher=Django Project | access-date=25 March 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/best-basic-security-practices-especially-with-django-697/ | title=Best Basic Security Practices (Especially with Django) | year=2012 | access-date=25 March 2013 | author=Socol, James}}

a framework for creating geographic information system (GIS) applications

=Extensibility=

Django's configuration system allows third party code to be plugged into a regular project, provided that it follows the reusable app{{cite web|url=https://django-reusable-app-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/|title=What is a reusable app? — django-reusable-app-docs 0.1.0 documentation|access-date=30 April 2016}} conventions. More than 5000 packages{{cite web |title=Django Packages API packages list |url=https://djangopackages.org/api/v3/packages/ |access-date=17 April 2023}} are available to extend the framework's original behavior, providing solutions to issues the original tool didn't tackle: registration, search, API provision and consumption, CMS, etc.

This extensibility is, however, mitigated by internal components' dependencies. While the Django philosophy implies loose coupling,{{cite web|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/misc/design-philosophies/|title=Design philosophies - Django documentation - Django|access-date=30 April 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084102/https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/misc/design-philosophies/|url-status=dead}} the template filters and tags assume one engine implementation, and both the auth and admin bundled applications require the use of the internal ORM. None of these filters or bundled apps are mandatory to run a Django project, but reusable apps tend to depend on them, encouraging developers to keep using the official stack in order to benefit fully from the apps ecosystem.

=Server arrangements=

Django can be run on ASGI or WSGI-compliant web servers.[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/ How to deploy Django]. Official Django documentation. Django officially supports five database backends: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, and Oracle.{{cite web |url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/databases/ |website=Django documentation |access-date=23 February 2025 |title=Django documentation}} Microsoft SQL Server can be used with mssql-django.

Version history

The Django team will occasionally designate certain releases to be "long-term support" (LTS) releases.{{cite web|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/internals/release-process/#term-Long-term-support-release|title=Django's release process - Django documentation - Django|access-date=23 February 2025}} LTS releases will get security and data loss fixes applied for a guaranteed period of time, typically 3+ years, regardless of the pace of releases afterwards.

Version ! Release date{{cite web\|url=https://www.djangoproject.com/download/#supported-versions\|title=Download Django - Django\|website=www.djangoproject.com}} !End of mainstream support !End of extended support ! Notes{{cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/faq/install/#what-python-version-can-i-use-with-django\|title=FAQ: Installation - Django documentation - Django\|website=docs.djangoproject.com}}
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style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|0.90}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2005/nov/16/firstrelease/ "Introducing Django 0.90"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2005\|11\|16\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \|
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|0.91}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2006/jan/11/091/ "Django 0.91 released"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2006\|1\|11\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \| "new-admin"
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|0.95}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2006/jul/29/095/ "Introducing Django 0.95"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2006\|7\|29\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \| "magic removal"
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|0.96}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/mar/23/096/ "Announcing Django 0.96!"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2007\|3\|23\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \| "newforms", testing tools
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.0}}[http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2008/sep/03/1/ "Django 1.0 released!"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2008\|09\|3\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \| API stability, decoupled admin, unicode
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.1}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2009/jul/29/1-point-1/ "Django 1.1 released"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2009\|7\|29\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \| Aggregates, transaction based tests
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.2}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2010/may/17/12/ "Django 1.2 released"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2010\|5\|17\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \| Multiple db connections, CSRF, model validation
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.3}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/mar/23/13/ "Django 1.3 released"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2011\|3\|23\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2012\|3\|23\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2013\|2\|26\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Class based views, staticfiles
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.4 LTS}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/mar/23/14/ "Django 1.4 released"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2012\|3\|23\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2013\|2\|26\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|10\|1\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Time zones, in browser testing, app templates.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.5}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/feb/26/15/ "Django 1.5 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 27 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2013\|2\|26\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2013\|11\|6\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2014\|9\|2\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Python 3 Support, configurable user model
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.6}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/nov/06/django-16-released/ "Django 1.6 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 6 November 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2013\|11\|6\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2014\|9\|2\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|4\|1\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Dedicated to Malcolm Tredinnick, db transaction management, connection pooling.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.7}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/sep/02/release-17-final/ "Django 1.7 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 4 September 2014.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2014\|09\|2\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|4\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|12\|1\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Migrations, application loading and configuration.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.8 LTS}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/apr/01/release-18-final/ "Django 1.8 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 2 April 2015.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|04\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|12\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|4\|1\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Native support for multiple template engines. Support ended on 1 April 2018
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.9}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/dec/01/django-19-released/ "Django 1.9 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 1 December 2015.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|12\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2016\|8\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|4\|4\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Automatic password validation. New styling for admin interface.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.10}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/aug/01/django-110-released/ "Django 1.10 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 1 August 2016.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2016\|08\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|4\|4\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|12\|2\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Full text search for PostgreSQL. New-style middleware.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.11 LTS}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2017/apr/04/django-111-released/ "Django 1.11 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 4 April 2017.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|04\|4\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|12\|2\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2020\|4\|1\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Last version to support Python 2.7. Support ended on 1 April 2020
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|2.0}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2017/dec/02/django-20-released/ "Django 2.0 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 3 December 2017.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|Dec\|2\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|8\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|4\|1\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| First Python 3-only release, Simplified URL routing syntax, Mobile friendly admin.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|2.1}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/aug/01/django-21-released/ "Django 2.1 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 2 August 2018.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|Aug\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|4\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|12\|2\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Model "view" permission.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|2.2 LTS}}[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.2/ Django 2.2 release notes]. Retrieved 1 July 2019.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|Apr\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|12\|2\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|4\|11\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Security release.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|3.0}}[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/3.0/ Django 3.0 release notes]. Retrieved 2 December 2019.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|Dec\|2\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2020\|8\|3\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2020\|4\|6\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \|ASGI support
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|3.1}}[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/3.1/ Django 3.1 release notes]. Retrieved 5 August 2020.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2020\|Aug\|4\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2020\|4\|6\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2021\|12\|7\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \|Asynchronous views and middleware
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|3.2 LTS}}{{cite web \|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/releases/3.2/ \|title=Django 3.2 release notes \|date=6 April 2021 \|access-date=7 June 2021}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2021\|Apr\|6\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2021\|12\|7\|abbr=on}}	April 2024	style="text-align:left;" \|Tracking many to many relationships, added support for Python 3.11
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|4.0}}{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/4.0/ \|title=Django 4.0 release notes \| date=7 December 2021 \| access-date=4 August 2022}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2021\|Dec\|7\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|8\|3\|abbr=on}}	April 2023	style="text-align:left;" \|Support for `pytz` is now deprecated and will be removed in Django 5.0.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|4.1}}{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/releases/4.1/ \| title=Django 4.1 release notes \| date=3 August 2022 \| access-date=4 August 2022}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|Aug\|3\|abbr=on}}	April 2023	December 2023	style="text-align:left;" \|Asynchronous ORM interface, `CSRF_COOKIE_MASKED` setting, outputting a form, like `{{ form }}`
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|co \|4.2 LTS}}{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/4.2/ \| title=Django 4.2 release notes \| access-date=4 August 2022}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2023\|April\|3\|abbr=on}}	December 2023	April 2026	style="text-align:left;" \|Psycopg 3 support, `ENGINE` as `django.db.backends.postgresql` supports both libraries.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|co \|5.0}}{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/releases/5.0/ \| title=Django 5.0 release notes \| date=4 December 2023 \| access-date=4 December 2023}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2023\|December\|4\|abbr=on}}	August 2024	April 2025	style="text-align:left;" \|Facet filters in the admin, Simplified templates for form field rendering
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|co \|5.1}}{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/releases/5.1/ \| title=Django 5.1 release notes \| date=7 August 2024 \| access-date=8 August 2024}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2024\|August\|7\|abbr=on}}	April 2025	December 2025	style="text-align:left;" \|Added support for Python 3.13. Added support for PostgreSQL connection pools.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|c \|5.2 LTS}}{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/releases/5.2/ \| title=Django 5.2 release notes \| date=2 April 2025 \| access-date=23 February 2025}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2025\|April\|2	abbr=on}}	December 2025	April 2028	style="text-align:left;" \|Automatic model import in shell, support for composite primary keys
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|p \|6.0}}{{Cite web\|url=https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/Version6.0Roadmap \| title=Django 6.0 Roadmap \| date=December 2025 \| access-date=23 February 2025}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2025\|December\|abbr=on}}	August 2026	April 2027	style="text-align:left;" \|
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DjangoCon

There is a semiannual conference for Django developers and users, named "DjangoCon", that has been held since September 2008. DjangoCon is held annually in Europe, in May or June;[http://lanyrd.com/series/djangocon-eu/ DjangoCon EU series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191403/http://lanyrd.com/series/djangocon-eu/ |date=4 March 2016 }}, Lanyrd.com while another is held in the United States in August or September, in various cities.[http://lanyrd.com/series/djangocon-us/ DjangoCon US series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402095523/http://lanyrd.com/series/djangocon-us/ |date=2 April 2016 }}, Lanyrd.com The 2012 DjangoCon took place in Washington, D.C., from September 3 to 8. 2013 DjangoCon was held in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and the post-conference Sprints were hosted at Digital Bootcamp, computer training center.{{cite web |url=http://www.djangocon.us/ |publisher=DjangoCon |url-status=dead |title=DjangoCon |access-date=29 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805042732/http://www.djangocon.us/ |archive-date=5 August 2012 }} The 2014 DjangoCon US returned to Portland, OR from August 30 to 6 September. The 2015 DjangoCon US was held in Austin, TX from September 6 to 11 at the AT&T Executive Center. The 2016 DjangoCon US was held in Philadelphia, PA at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from July 17 to 22.{{cite web |url=http://2016.djangocon.us/ |publisher=DjangoCon |title=DjangoCon |access-date=1 December 2016}} The 2017 DjangoCon US was held in Spokane, WA;{{cite web |url=http://2017.djangocon.us/ |publisher=DjangoCon |title=DjangoCon}} in 2018 DjangoCon US was held in San Diego, CA.{{cite web |url=http://2018.djangocon.us/ |publisher=DjangoCon |title=DjangoCon}} DjangoCon US 2019 was held again in San Diego, CA from September 22 to 27. DjangoCon 2021 took place virtually and in 2022, DjangoCon US returned to San Diego from October 16 to 21. DjangoCon US 2023 was held from October 16 to 20 at the Durham, NC convention center and DjangoCon US 2024 is scheduled to return to Durham for September 22 to 27.{{Cite web| title = About DjangoCon US 2023| work = DjangoCon US| access-date = 2024-07-17| url = https://2023.djangocon.us/about/}}{{Cite web| title = About DjangoCon US| work = DjangoCon US| access-date = 2024-07-17| url = https://2024.djangocon.us/about/}}

Django mini-conferences are usually held every year as part of the Australian Python Conference 'PyCon AU'.[http://djangocon.com.au/ DjangoCon AU]. Djangocon.com.au. Retrieved on 2019-12-16. Previously, these mini-conferences have been held in:

Hobart, Australia, in July 2013,
Brisbane, Australia, in August 2014 and 2015,
Melbourne, Australia in August 2016 and 2017, and
Sydney, Australia, in August 2018 and 2019.

Django has spawned user groups and meetups around the world, a notable group is the Django Girls organization, which began in Poland but now has had events in 91 countries.{{Cite web| url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/jul/09/happy-birthday-django/| title=Lawrence-born Django, which revolutionized website construction, celebrating its 10th anniversary| access-date=18 October 2019| date=9 July 2015| publisher=Lawrence Journal-World}}{{Cite web| url=https://djangogirls.org/| title=Django Girls - start your journey with programming| access-date=21 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.meetup.com/topics/django/|title=Django groups|website=Meetup}}

Ports to other languages

Programmers have ported Django's template engine design from Python to other languages, providing decent cross-platform support. Some of these options are more direct ports; others, though inspired by Django and retaining its concepts, take the liberty to deviate from Django's design:

Liquid for Ruby{{cite web|url=http://liquidmarkup.org|title=– Liquid template language|last=Shopify|website=Liquid template language}}
Template::Swig for Perl{{cite web|url=https://metacpan.org/pod/Template::Swig|title=Template::Swig - Perl interface to Django-inspired Swig templating engine. - metacpan.org|website=metacpan.org}}
Twig for PHP and JavaScript{{cite web|url=http://twig.sensiolabs.org|title=Home - Twig - The flexible, fast, and secure PHP template engine|last=Symfony|website=twig.sensiolabs.org|access-date=10 December 2014|archive-date=9 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709023155/https://twig.sensiolabs.org/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://github.com/twigjs/twig.js/wiki|title=twigjs/twig.js|website=GitHub}}
Jinja for Python{{cite web|url=http://jinja.pocoo.org|title=Welcome - Jinja2 (The Python Template Engine)|website=jinja.pocoo.org}}
ErlyDTL for Erlang{{cite web|url=https://github.com/erlydtl/erlydtl/wiki|title=erlydtl/erlydtl|website=GitHub}}

CMSs based on Django Framework

Django as a framework is capable of building a complete CMS. Some dedicated CMS projects are based upon Django:

Django CMS{{Cite web|title=django CMS - Enterprise Content Management with Django - django CMS|url=https://www.django-cms.org/en/|access-date=2020-11-11|website=www.django-cms.org}}
Wagtail
Mezzanine

References

Bibliography

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| title = Learning Django Web Development

| edition = 1st

| publisher = Packt

| page = 405

| isbn = 978-1783984404

}}

{{citation

| first1 = Arun

| last1 = Ravindrun

| date = 31 March 2015

| title = Django Design Patterns and Best Practices

| edition = 1st

| publisher = Packt

| page = 180

| isbn = 978-1783986644

}}

{{citation

| first1 = Tracy

| last1 = Osborn

| date = May 2015

| title = Hello Web App

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| isbn = 978-0986365911

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{{citation

| first1 = Aidas

| last1 = Bendoraitis

| date = October 2014

| title = Web Development with Django Cookbook

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{{citation

|first1 = Peter

|last1 = Baumgartner

|first2 = Yann

|last2 = Malet

|date = 2015

|title = High Performance Django

|edition = 1st

|publisher = Lincoln Loop

|page = 184

|isbn = 978-1508748120

|url = http://highperformancedjango.com

}}

{{citation

|first1 = Julia

|last1 = Elman

|first2 = Mark

|last2 = Lavin

|date = 2014

|title = Lightweight Django

|edition = 1st

|publisher = O'Reilly Media

|page = 246

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{{citation

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External links

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style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|0.90}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2005/nov/16/firstrelease/ "Introducing Django 0.90"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2005\|11\|16\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \|
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|0.91}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2006/jan/11/091/ "Django 0.91 released"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2006\|1\|11\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \| "new-admin"
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|0.95}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2006/jul/29/095/ "Introducing Django 0.95"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2006\|7\|29\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \| "magic removal"
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|0.96}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/mar/23/096/ "Announcing Django 0.96!"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2007\|3\|23\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \| "newforms", testing tools
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.0}}[http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2008/sep/03/1/ "Django 1.0 released!"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2008\|09\|3\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \| API stability, decoupled admin, unicode
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.1}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2009/jul/29/1-point-1/ "Django 1.1 released"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2009\|7\|29\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \| Aggregates, transaction based tests
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.2}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2010/may/17/12/ "Django 1.2 released"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2010\|5\|17\|abbr=on}}			style="text-align:left;" \| Multiple db connections, CSRF, model validation
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.3}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/mar/23/13/ "Django 1.3 released"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2011\|3\|23\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2012\|3\|23\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2013\|2\|26\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Class based views, staticfiles
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.4 LTS}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/mar/23/14/ "Django 1.4 released"]. Django weblog. Retrieved 2 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2012\|3\|23\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2013\|2\|26\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|10\|1\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Time zones, in browser testing, app templates.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.5}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/feb/26/15/ "Django 1.5 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 27 February 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2013\|2\|26\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2013\|11\|6\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2014\|9\|2\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Python 3 Support, configurable user model
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.6}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/nov/06/django-16-released/ "Django 1.6 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 6 November 2013.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2013\|11\|6\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2014\|9\|2\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|4\|1\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Dedicated to Malcolm Tredinnick, db transaction management, connection pooling.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.7}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/sep/02/release-17-final/ "Django 1.7 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 4 September 2014.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2014\|09\|2\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|4\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|12\|1\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Migrations, application loading and configuration.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.8 LTS}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/apr/01/release-18-final/ "Django 1.8 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 2 April 2015.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|04\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|12\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|4\|1\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Native support for multiple template engines. Support ended on 1 April 2018
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.9}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/dec/01/django-19-released/ "Django 1.9 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 1 December 2015.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|12\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2016\|8\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|4\|4\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Automatic password validation. New styling for admin interface.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.10}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/aug/01/django-110-released/ "Django 1.10 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 1 August 2016.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2016\|08\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|4\|4\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|12\|2\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Full text search for PostgreSQL. New-style middleware.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|1.11 LTS}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2017/apr/04/django-111-released/ "Django 1.11 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 4 April 2017.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|04\|4\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|12\|2\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2020\|4\|1\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Last version to support Python 2.7. Support ended on 1 April 2020
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|2.0}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2017/dec/02/django-20-released/ "Django 2.0 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 3 December 2017.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|Dec\|2\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|8\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|4\|1\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| First Python 3-only release, Simplified URL routing syntax, Mobile friendly admin.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|2.1}}[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/aug/01/django-21-released/ "Django 2.1 released"] Django weblog. Retrieved 2 August 2018.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|Aug\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|4\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|12\|2\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Model "view" permission.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|2.2 LTS}}[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.2/ Django 2.2 release notes]. Retrieved 1 July 2019.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|Apr\|1\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|12\|2\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|4\|11\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \| Security release.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|3.0}}[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/3.0/ Django 3.0 release notes]. Retrieved 2 December 2019.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|Dec\|2\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2020\|8\|3\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2020\|4\|6\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \|ASGI support
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|3.1}}[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/3.1/ Django 3.1 release notes]. Retrieved 5 August 2020.	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2020\|Aug\|4\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2020\|4\|6\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2021\|12\|7\|abbr=on}}	style="text-align:left;" \|Asynchronous views and middleware
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|3.2 LTS}}{{cite web \|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/releases/3.2/ \|title=Django 3.2 release notes \|date=6 April 2021 \|access-date=7 June 2021}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2021\|Apr\|6\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2021\|12\|7\|abbr=on}}	April 2024	style="text-align:left;" \|Tracking many to many relationships, added support for Python 3.11
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|4.0}}{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/4.0/ \|title=Django 4.0 release notes \| date=7 December 2021 \| access-date=4 August 2022}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2021\|Dec\|7\|abbr=on}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|8\|3\|abbr=on}}	April 2023	style="text-align:left;" \|Support for `pytz` is now deprecated and will be removed in Django 5.0.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|o \|4.1}}{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/releases/4.1/ \| title=Django 4.1 release notes \| date=3 August 2022 \| access-date=4 August 2022}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|Aug\|3\|abbr=on}}	April 2023	December 2023	style="text-align:left;" \|Asynchronous ORM interface, `CSRF_COOKIE_MASKED` setting, outputting a form, like `{{ form }}`
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|co \|4.2 LTS}}{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/4.2/ \| title=Django 4.2 release notes \| access-date=4 August 2022}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2023\|April\|3\|abbr=on}}	December 2023	April 2026	style="text-align:left;" \|Psycopg 3 support, `ENGINE` as `django.db.backends.postgresql` supports both libraries.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|co \|5.0}}{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/releases/5.0/ \| title=Django 5.0 release notes \| date=4 December 2023 \| access-date=4 December 2023}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2023\|December\|4\|abbr=on}}	August 2024	April 2025	style="text-align:left;" \|Facet filters in the admin, Simplified templates for form field rendering
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|co \|5.1}}{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/releases/5.1/ \| title=Django 5.1 release notes \| date=7 August 2024 \| access-date=8 August 2024}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2024\|August\|7\|abbr=on}}	April 2025	December 2025	style="text-align:left;" \|Added support for Python 3.13. Added support for PostgreSQL connection pools.
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|c \|5.2 LTS}}{{Cite web\|url=https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/releases/5.2/ \| title=Django 5.2 release notes \| date=2 April 2025 \| access-date=23 February 2025}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2025\|April\|2	abbr=on}}	December 2025	April 2028	style="text-align:left;" \|Automatic model import in shell, support for composite primary keys
style="text-align:right;" \| scope="row" {{Version \|p \|6.0}}{{Cite web\|url=https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/Version6.0Roadmap \| title=Django 6.0 Roadmap \| date=December 2025 \| access-date=23 February 2025}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2025\|December\|abbr=on}}	August 2026	April 2027	style="text-align:left;" \|
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