Node.
js Vs Django: Which One to Choose For Web App Development?Samaira SandbergBlockedUnblockFollowFollowingJan 21Django with approx.
37, 614 stars on Github and Node.
js with approx.
55, 432 stars on Github are two popular and powerful tools for web app development.
These tools are in high demand by a great number of web development companies today.
Node.
js ensures that JavaScript is used on the server side and the client side of web apps and thus has a ‘JavaScript everywhere’ motive.
On the other hand, Django has a ‘framework for perfectionists with deadlines’ motive and thus help web developers to create web applications quickly.
They have a large community of users, these are being implemented in many large projects and they are updated regularly.
The quality of both tools makes web developers feel confused as to which tool to choose for their projects.
Hence, in this blog, we will clear the air and help you make a decision.
Here, we have compared both web development technologies based upon some parameters.
These are mentioned below:1) Performance and scalabilityBoth tools have great scalability and performance.
However, while Django seems to have the advantage with scalability, Node.
js has the advantage with performance.
Django is highly scalable since application caching is quite easy and can be done using tools like MemCache.
NGINX can also be used to ensure that static compressed assets are served, and can also be used to handle data migrations successfully, even when the data becomes more robust.
Node.
js applications can be scaled using the cluster module to clone different instances of the application’s workload using a load balancer.
But because Node.
js works with individual threads, it has low performance in CPU-intensive conditions.
2) Open-source frameworkDjango, as well as Nodejs, are free to use tools.
They are open-source and thus you can contribute to the projects whenever you find a feature or get stuck with a bug to be worked upon.
For using any of this commercial software, you will not face any licensing issues.
So you can check repositories for both tools here.
Django repository (https://github.
com/django/django) and Node.
js repository(https://github.
com/nodejs/node)3) SyntaxDjango is built using Python, so it uses Python’s syntax.
It forces you to use a particular structure which identifies MTV pattern.
A “hello world” app syntax is written below:from Django.
http import HttpResponsedef hello(request):return HttpResponse(“Hello world”)On the other hand, Node.
js is JavaScript that is taken outside of the client-side browser environment.
So, its is similar to JS syntax.
The “hello world” app is written like below:var http = require(‘http’);http.
createServer(function (req, res) res.
writeHead(200, {‘Content-Type’: ‘text/plain’}); res.
end(‘Hello World!’);}).
listen(8080);4) User CommunityBoth tools have large user communities for web development.
The main factors for this are that the web developers are taking advantage of a combination of server-side JavaScript to work on the backend of web applications for Node.
js and taking advantage of the easy-to-use Python syntax for Django.
There are many online tutorials related to Node.
js on the web in comparison to Django, with more companies implementing Node as their back-end web technology.
Check out some big companies using Node.
js for their backend development:- eBay- Uber- PayPal- Netflix- Twitter- Mozilla- DuckDuckGoAlso, check out below some big names involved in Django web development:- Instagram- Dropbox- Pinterest- Eventbrite- Spotify- YouTube- Zapier5) Learning CurveTo work with Django, a complete understanding of the MTV architecture (template view model) of the framework must be understood.
The methods must be understood, as well as the features that come from the box.
While there are various nice tutorials available for Django on the web, you will see that there are a large number of obsolete ones that teach the old way of doing things.
However, Node.
js is a JavaScript runtime extracted from the browser environment on the client side and Django is a Python framework.
In order to learn any of the two tools, you should feel comfortable working with your main programming language.
To work with Node.
js, you need to understand native Node methods, asynchronous programming, and architecture.
In fact, there are many online tutorials for Node.
js, however, many examples are bad and could greatly hinder learning.
While learning Node.
js and Django requires knowledge of their basic languages, Node introduces some complex concepts that make it a bit difficult for beginners compared to Django.
Conclusion:So we have seen a good comparison of both tools Django vs Node.
js.
Both tools are excellent for creating web apps, however, there are some use cases where each one stands out.
For example, Django is an ideal choice when you are considering using a relational database, many external libraries, security is one of the top priorities of your list and you need to create the application quickly.
On the other hand, use Node.
js when you have an asynchronous server stack, you need great performance, try to build the features from scratch and want an application that does the heavy lifting of client-side processing.
Choose the tool that best suits your business requirements, both tools are powerful for web development.
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