--- title: Best Django posts of 2021 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Django posts of 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/django/best-of/2021 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/django/best-of/2021 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Django posts of 2021 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Django posts of 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Django — 2021 1. 1 [](/posts/what-s-new-in-django-v4-0-rnz4ggld3 "What’s new in Django v4.0") Article LogRocket · 5y What’s new in Django v4.0 In December 2021, the Django team released Django v4.0\. It contains various upgrades to the framework, like improved customization and the use of the template engine for forms, Formsets, and ErrorList. In this article, we’ll go through some of the new features in Django v 4.0, as well as some older third-party versions. 46 3 2. 2 [](/posts/11-django-best-practices-that-will-make-you-pro-lskwlxtsc "11 Django best practices that will make you PRO") Article Geek Culture · 5y 11 Django best practices that will make you PRO Django is an open-source python-based web framework that helps to build web applications. With 4+ years of experience in the Django framework, I have listed down some of the best Django practices. Best practices are for intermediate or professional developers. Don’t get intimidated/overwhelmed if you are a beginner. 46 3 3. 3 [](/posts/building-a-rest-api-with-django-rest-framework-k5uegk0ra "Building a REST API with Django REST Framework") Article DEV · 5y Building a REST API with Django REST Framework This is the second part of a two-part tutorial on building a Notes application with React. We will be using the Django REST framework to create the API endpoints. We'll also be updating the views to handle the GET and DELETE methods that we need to use in our application. 17 4. 4 [](/posts/django-htmx-and-alpine-js-modern-websites-javascript-optional-bbaby-rg3 "Django, HTMX and Alpine.js: Modern websites, JavaScript optional") Article Changelog · 5y Django, HTMX and Alpine.js: Modern websites, JavaScript optional In this installment we'll turn to the low- and no-JavaScript world. We'll cover some of the common approaches to "sprinkling in" light amounts of JavaScript into your Django projects. 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