If you have ever written code, chances are you have been using some sort of framework or library to help ease the process and make your life easier (even if you didn’t know what it was). In fact, it’s likely that most of the apps and websites that we use every day are using frameworks under the hood (take Facebook, Twitter, Netflix and Yelp for example). If you want to speed up your workflow and make your code more readable and better-performing, then you should try one of these five frameworks this year.
1. Carver
This framework is a toolkit for making great-looking, easy to use and easy to maintain CDNs. It uses Python3 and some other third-party libraries to allow you to store your assets in a remote database, manage your responses, render templates and handle more complex data processing tasks. We know of one company using it for their entire CDN infrastructure (using Carver), which makes this the best scalable CDN framework out there!
2. Carver Luxe
This is a fashion-forward framework for responsive websites. It’s designed to work perfectly with any screen size, meaning that your website will always feel at home on any device it happens to be displayed on. This framework lets you build responsive websites fast, thanks to its dead simple API and the fact that it has very little boilerplate. It comes with plenty of features, including built-in support for retina displays, touch events and window.devicePixelRatio.
3. Mason
Mason is a Python web framework specifically designed to work with relational databases. It’s been built with the “Command Query Responsibility Segregation” pattern in mind and was inspired by some of the most popular Python frameworks, like WTForms and Django, to provide an easier way for developers to write Python code that communicates with SQL databases.
4. Mason Luxe
This is Mason’s fashion-forward counterpart. This Luxe version uses the same API as Mason and comes with a bunch of cool features dedicated to making apps that look awesome on any device, including support for retina displays and touch events. These apps are also accessible offline and have built-in analytics for collecting data about their users for later analysis.
5. Buddy
Buddy is a simple, yet powerful Python3 ORM that has been designed from the ground up to work with relational databases. It uses the “Command Query Responsibility Segregation” pattern for better database performance and it can be used for writing simple CRUD apps or full-scale website backends that handle complex data processing tasks. We currently use Buddy in production to handle the entire relational database at one of the largest online retail stores in Europe.
There are numerous great Python frameworks out there, each with its own unique characteristics. We hope that this list will help you choose the right framework for your next project and get you coding faster and more efficiently.
