Truth be told, it’s difficult for a web application that doesn’t have some kind of identification, even if you don’t see it as a security measure in and of itself. The Internet is a kind of lawless land, and even on free services like Google’s, authentication ensures that abuses will...
MongoDB is a document-oriented NoSQL database, which was born in 2007 in California as a service to be used within a larger project, but which soon became an independent and open-source product. It stores documents in JSON, a format based on JavaScript and simpler than XML, but still with good...
Although data persistence is almost always a fundamental element of applications, Node.js has no native integration with databases. Everything is delegated to third-party libraries to be included manually, in addition to the standard APIs. Although MongoDB and other non-relational databases are the most common choice with Node because if you...
Django and NodeJs are two powerful technologies for web development, both have great functionality, versatile applications, and a great user interface. Both are open source and can be used for free. But which one fits your project best? NodeJs is based on JavaScript, while Django is written in Python. These...
Before getting into the “battle” between Node.js and PHP we need to understand why the issue is still ongoing. It all started with the increased demand for smartphone applications, their success forcing developers to adapt to new back-end technologies that could handle a multitude of simultaneous requests. JavaScript has always...
When starting a new project such as a web application, several options come to our mind: Python, Node.js, PHP, Java, Ruby, and Go. And if they don’t, this is the right time to learn. Each of these languages has series of characteristics and uses that make it distinct from the...
In this tutorial we will create a brand new Node.js application on HostPresto! Let’s start by setting up our HostPresto! Environment. Creating a subdomain: Suppose you have a domain registered with HostPresto! – yourname.xyz. For this tutorial, we will create a subdomain: node.youname.xyz We think this is the most natural...
In this tutorial we will create a brand new Django application on HostPresto! Let’s start by setting up our environment: Getting Started with Django on HostPresto Django is a non-profit, open source web framework based on the Python programming language maintained by Django Software Foundation, you can read more about...
The Django Rest Framework, a django framework, is a toolkit used to build APIs (Application Program Interface) in Django models which is very powerful and flexible. An API is a collection of protocols, routines and tools used in building applications. Other known django frameworks include Tastypie and Piston. DRF Requirements...
Django is a python framework that was designed to support rapid web development. It is designed to be responsible for most of the web design work, such as sitemaps, content administration, authentication and more. Django Installation Since django is a python web framework, it requires python for it to be...