Discuss Django architecture.
Django follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern, though it uses slightly different naming. In Django's interpretation, it's often referred to as the Model-View-Template (MVT) pattern. Let's break down Django's architecture:
1. Model (M in MVC/MVT)
- Represents the data structure.
- Defined as Python classes that subclass `django.db.models.Model`.
- Represents tables in the database.
- Allows for data validation, querying, and other database operations using Django's ORM (Object-Relational Mapping).
2. View (C in MVC, V in MVT
- Handles the user input and controls what is to be displayed in the output.
- Defined as Python functions or classes that accept a web request and return a web response.
- Can perform operations using the model and pass the results to a template