Why would a new developer choose Django?
summary
Compares Django to WordPress, Drupal and Rails using Google Trends and CVE data and finds Django strong on security and stability, documentation and community but weaker on out-of-the-box CMS parity and ubiquitous cheap LAMP hosting. Recommends producing promoted Django starter distributions, more cross‑pollination with designers/marketers, and leaning on easy deploy platforms like Heroku and Wagtail modules; notes WordPress dominance skews newcomer choices and that concrete starter apps speed client adoption.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:26Welcome
- 1:12Why this talk
- 2:15Housekeeping
- 3:35Where new developers come from
- 5:00Software developers
- 7:30Web development
- 8:37Different backgrounds
- 10:42Popularity
- 15:14Checklist
- 15:27Chuck
- 15:53Django Framework
- 16:40Past Experience
- 17:24Meetups
- 18:16Perception is Reality
- 20:17WordPress
- 25:42Extensibility
- 27:06Djangos future
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