Building Web Applications with Django and FastAPI: Combining the Best of Both Worlds

<p>In python ecosystem there are multiple frameworks available for making a robust backend. Django and FastAPI are the most popular ones. Django comes with many out-of-the-box features such as ORM, Middleware, Authentication, Admin Panel etc. FastAPI on the other hand comes with Async-ready support and is a super fast, lightweight framework to generate Rest APIs.</p> <p>The aim of this article is to explore how to leverage power of both frameworks in production. We will first be setting up a simple Django App and then will move towards integrating FastAPI.</p> <p><em>Note: This article assumes that you are familiar with both frameworks and SQLAlchemy and have used them in past projects.</em></p> <h2><strong>Django Part</strong></h2> <p>I will be assuming that you have base django project ready at your end, if not please keep it ready before going forward. Here is the tutorial for doing so&nbsp;Your First Steps With Django: Set Up a Django Project &mdash; Real Python.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@mohanishp1/building-web-applications-with-django-and-fastapi-combining-the-best-of-both-worlds-1892719a8b9d">Visit Now</a></p>
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