Section 1.1 Django: The High-Level Framework

Django is a well-established Python web framework that promotes rapid development and a clean, pragmatic design philosophy. Its popularity among developers has remained strong, making it a preferred choice in 2024.

Key Features:

• Integrated admin interface
• Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) for database interactions
• Security features like CSRF protection and SQL injection prevention
• Scalability and reusability

Code Snippet:

# Install Django

pip install django

# Create a new project

django-admin startproject myproject

# Start the development server

cd myproject

python manage.py runserver

Statistics:

• GitHub Stars: 64k+
• Downloads: Over 8 million monthly from PyPI

Section 1.2 Flask: A Minimalist Approach

Flask is a lightweight WSGI web application framework designed with simplicity and flexibility, making it ideal for smaller to medium-sized applications.

Key Features:

• Minimalistic and easy to learn
• Comprehensive documentation
• Flexibility in tool and library selection

Code Snippet:

# Install Flask

pip install flask

# Create a simple web application

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/')

def hello():

return "Hello, World!"

if __name__ == '__main__':

app.run(debug=True)

Statistics:

• GitHub Stars: 65k+
• Downloads: Over 15 million monthly from PyPI

The first video titled "10 Python Packages You Should Know (in 2024)" provides insights into essential packages every developer should be aware of.

Section 1.3 FastAPI: The Modern Framework

FastAPI is a cutting-edge, high-performance web framework for creating APIs with Python 3.7+, leveraging standard Python type hints.

Key Features:

• Exceptional performance (comparable to Node.js and Go)
• Automatic interactive API documentation (via Swagger and ReDoc)
• Type checking and editor support

Code Snippet:

# Install FastAPI and an ASGI server

pip install fastapi uvicorn

# Create a simple API

from fastapi import FastAPI

app = FastAPI()

@app.get("/")

def read_root():

return {"Hello": "World"}

# Run the application

# Command: uvicorn main:app --reload

Statistics:

• GitHub Stars: 65k+
• Downloads: Over 4 million monthly from PyPI

Section 1.4 Pyramid: Flexibility at Its Core

Pyramid is a lightweight and scalable web framework recognized for its flexibility and modularity, making it suitable for projects of all sizes.

Key Features:

• Choice of components based on project needs
• Suitable for both small and large-scale applications
• Robust security features

Code Snippet:

# Install Pyramid

pip install pyramid

# Create a simple application

from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server

from pyramid.config import Configurator

from pyramid.response import Response

def hello_world(request):

return Response('Hello World!')

if __name__ == '__main__':

with Configurator() as config:

config.add_route('hello', '/')

config.add_view(hello_world, route_name='hello')

app = config.make_wsgi_app()

server = make_server('0.0.0.0', 6543, app)

server.serve_forever()

Statistics:

• GitHub Stars: 3.7k+
• Downloads: Over 50k monthly from PyPI

Section 1.5 Tornado: Handling Connections

Tornado is a non-blocking web server and application framework designed to manage a large number of simultaneous connections.

Key Features:

• Non-blocking network I/O
• Real-time web services
• WebSockets support

Code Snippet:

# Install Tornado

pip install tornado

# Create a simple application

import tornado.ioloop

import tornado.web

class MainHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):

def get(self):

self.write("Hello, world")

def make_app():

return tornado.web.Application([

(r"/", MainHandler),

])

if __name__ == "__main__":

app = make_app()

app.listen(8888)

tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.current().start()

Statistics:

• GitHub Stars: 20k+
• Downloads: Over 2 million monthly from PyPI