Flask vs. Django

FLASK VS DJANGO

RACHEL SANDERSAUGUST 30, 2012

WHAT THIS TALK IS NOT

IS MAGIC

FRIENDSHIP

DJANGO

comes with everythingawesome

documentationgreat community

FLASK

from flask import Flaskapp = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")def hello(): return "Hello World!"

if __name__ == "__main__": app.run()

WHY THE @#$! WOULD

I WANT TO USE FLASK

RACHEL SANDERSAUGUST 30, 2012

PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHY

smallimport only what you

needpythonic

YOU NEED FLEXIBILITY

YOU NEED FLEXIBILITY

less constraints on your codeorganize how you likepull in what you want

YOU NEED FLEXIBILITY

more plugins every day (literally)

YOUR DATA IS WEIRD

YOUR DATA IS WEIRD

Django ORM doesn’t always fit*cough* SQLAlchemy *cough*

YOUR DATA IS WEIRD

No ORM = no adminNo ORM = fewer modules

…why django again?

YOUR DATA IS WEIRD

if you need more,why not write from scratch?

IN CONCLUSION…

HOORAY FOR EVERYBODY!

they’re both great!use the right tool for you