Django REST Framework over NodeJS for Backend RESTful API

As I write, I’m a backend team lead for a Singaporean startup that develop an e-commerce platform. We decide to use Django REST Framework over NodeJS as backend application for CRUD operations of models from the front-end side (mobile app).

Listed below are some of the reasons why Django REST Framework wins over NodeJS:

1. Easily define models/classes and use of inheritance
```
class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
created = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
email = models.EmailField(unique=True, db_index=True)
username = models.CharField(max_length=50, unique=True, blank=False)
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=False)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=False)
USERNAME_FIELD = 'username'
REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['email', 'first_name', 'last_name']

class Meta:
verbose_name = 'user'
verbose_name_plural = 'users'
db_table = 'users'
```
  Very fast prototyping, isn’t it?
2. Systematic and neat API URLs configuration
  Unless you develop a very small app, you can manage the API URLs easily by importing each app module URL configuration file into the main app URL configuration file
3. Easy database models/tables migration
  You modify a model and Django will create a migration file to alter your database table structure
4. Many packages available
  Thousands of available modules or packages at https://pypi.python.org/pypi to shorten your time to develop software
5. Use of Python
  Python is an easy-to-learn programming language. For example:
  # Print Fibonacci numbers less than 10:
```
>>> # Fibonacci series:
... # the sum of two elements defines the next
... a, b = 0, 1
>>> while b < 10:
...     print(b)
...     a, b = b, a+b
```

There are some other advantages, you'll find out when you use it 🙂 .

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