Django shorts: #5 Useful packages
Evaluating some of the most useful packages to make use of in Django.
Preface
Django is such a diverse and intricate back-end web framework. One of the best things that we can do with Django is that we can install various packages/apps. These packages and apps help to provide our application with additional out of the box functionality.
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Package #1 — Django REST framework (DRF)
The DRF allows Django developers to build any HTTP-based RestAPI. DRF is applauded for providing developers with potent and flexible tools. It also comes with detailed documentation.
https://pypi.org/project/djangorestframework/
Package #2 — Celery
Celery is a distributed task queue that can be used to assist Django web applications with multi-threading. In the process Celery also helps to offload work from our apps, since we can send tasks that are time intensive to Celery’s task queue.
https://pypi.org/project/celery/
Package #3 — Django channels
Django channels provides WebSocket async support in Django. It is also highly customizable so it can be used for a variety of use cases.
https://pypi.org/project/channels/
Package #4 — Django-environ
Although, there are many packages that can be used to help us to configure environment variables within our Django applications. Django-environ is one of the simplest and most effective packages that allows us to do just that.
https://pypi.org/project/django-environ/
Package #5 — Django-two-factor-auth
One of my favourite packages. The best part of this package is in the fact that you can configure two factor authentication in multiple ways, not just via a typical token generator.
https://pypi.org/project/django-two-factor-auth/
Package #6 — Django-crispy-forms
If you want to improve the styling of your user forms, then Django-crispy-forms is an absolute must use. It provides our users with a clean and pleasant form for our users to work with.
https://pypi.org/project/django-crispy-forms/
Package #7 — Django-simple-captcha
User forms can be used by bots, therefore it’s important to somehow verify that the user submitting the form is indeed a human. A good way to test this is to make use of a simple captcha.
https://pypi.org/project/django-simple-captcha/
That’s that! Happy learning!
Originally published at https://www.cloudwithdjango.com on November 8, 2022.
