Ideally, use the most recent Python version that supports everything you may want to do with your Django project. The first step is to create a virtual environment in which you will install Django.

Microsoft added new Web app tutorials -- covering Django and Flask -- to its Python documentation for Visual Studio and its open source little cousin, the cross-platform Visual Studio Code editor.

Django’s big sell is that it’s easy. Compared to other open-source (or even proprietary) frameworks for building specialized, database-driven websites, Django makes the core tasks remarkably ...