i am new to the world of web development and i have a very good foundation on django for backend operations. i am also learning angular for front-end applications. so far i am quite happy writing in django for backend, but i dont like to work with the django templates. My question is, is there any way to integrate angular as the front-end portion in a django environment, keeping the django as the backend??
also while we at it, is there any good designing (UI design) courses available and where (free or paid)?
What you were doing was using Django as a backend and frontend framework. But you can use Rest Framework to build an API, keeping Django only on the backend. Once you have the API endpoints built, you can consume them with Angular or any other framework.
More info:
What is an API?
The tutorial in the official website of Django Rest Framework is a great start.
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Django REST with SPA "within" or completely stand alone?
I'm diving into a new project where I'll try to build a SaaS web application and I've set on using Django Rest (with Postgres to utilize schemas) and React/Vue on the frontend.
What I'm unsure and what I can't seem to get an answer to is the way people structure these frameworks. E.g, on https://www.valentinog.com/blog/drf/ the author writes:
I see the following patterns (which are common to almost every web
framework):
React in its own “frontend” Django app: load a single HTML template
and let React manage the frontend (difficulty: medium)
Django REST as a standalone API + React as a standalone SPA
(difficulty: hard, it involves JWT for authentication)
Mix and match: mini React apps inside Django templates (difficulty:
simple)
And here are my advices.
If you’re just starting out with Django REST and React avoid the
option 2.
Go for option number 1 (React in its own “frontend” Django app) if:
you’re building an app-like website
the interface has lot of user interactions/AJAX
you’re fine with Session based authentication
there are no SEO concerns
you’re fine with React Router
Why is this beneficial, and is it actually different from having a stand alone rest api and a standalone SPA? The reason I wanna use Django is so I don't have to worry about authentication and authorization, and I also plan on utilising the admin panel - will this "not work" if I were to use two completely standalone applications for the backend and frontend? (e.g django rest with the sole purpose of exposing the api and the frontend to consume it).
What alleged benefits do I get from having django rest and SPA in the same "root" project
I'm learning ReactJS and I already have experience with Django and DRF. My aim right now is to build a rather simple web application based on a Django backend and a ReactJS frontend. (Later on, when the web app is done, I'll tackle React Native).
I've been reading tons of documentation but nothing has sorted out the question:
What is the best approach to integrate a Django backend with a ReactJS frontend?
Should I keep them separate and connect them or should I mount ReactJS inside the Django application? Which one is the best-suited approach, taking into account maintenance and further development?
Thank you very much! Any opinion/hint will be appreciated.
My approach would be make an app called frontend or anything you like in Django, then all of my React code will be placed inside that app. You will also need webpack to bundle your React code then with collectstatic command Django will collect all the static files so it could be served. You can find the tutorial here
I would like to know of what web framework is responsible off.
I'm thinking to start a web app project, so I'm digging what frameworks should I use. So for HTML/CSS I'm thinking of Foundation framework, for JS I have chose to use React framework.
For a backend I have chosen to use Django framework, and it says that Django is a web framework. Will I be able to implement Foundation and React to django, or django will take care off all those aspects?
I have to use Angular 2+ for front-end and Django as back-end, in my project.
Usually Django provides the '/admin' URL through which we can access the admin portal to do all the site-administration stuffs. But to use Angular 2+ as front-end we need to convert the whole back-end (Django) into REST API, which is actually recommended.
In this case how can we use the Django Admin URL or its utilities from Angular URLs? Or else whether I have to replicate Django Admin in Angular 2.
It will be a great help if someone can give me some ideas on this.
You seem to have a misunderstanding of how the various technologies you are developing in actually coexist.
Django is the server-side framework.
DRF (Django REST Framework) is
used in addition to Django, to make it easier to implement a
RESTful API on top of your Django project. Django REST Framework does
not replace Django. Django REST Framework is an addition to
Django.
AngularJS is a JavaScript framework that can be used in your project (or just parts of your project).
Using Django REST Framework does not suddenly mean that the Django admin interface will 'stop working'.
If your project's URL routing ('urls.py') still contains a route connecting the Django admin interface with /admin you can still go to yourproject.com/admin and it will completely circumvent anything you've done with AngularJS.
It may be late to reply, but Angular and DRF connects over http call.
I am trying to set up django with angularjs and play around with it. Most of the tutorials contain something about django REST framework, Creating endpoints for an application, APIs and so forth. What is django REST framework, what are endpoints, APIs, why are they important for angular?
First of all, you should learn what is angularJS and how it works, with that knowledge is pretty clear why there is need for an API.
In short words: You feed angularJS with template and data, AngularJS will take it and build correct site on client side. There won't be any benefits if you won't change data dynamically. That's why you need to have API for you app (to exchange data, not pre-build templates) and for that API, good choice is Django Rest Framework.