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Django is an open source web framework written in Python. It was originally developed by Lawrence Journal-World to manage their newspaper websites.
Django market itself as a “web framework for perfectionists with deadlines” and allows web developers to create complex database-driven websites with a DRY (Do not Repeat Yourself) philosophy.
Version 1.0 was released in 3 September 2008 and has some exciting new features.