In just a few years, Python has become one of the most popular programming languages in the world, particularly as it pertains to web development and data science. In fact, some sources predict that it will be the #1 choice in 2022. If you are looking to hire Python developers to work on your web projects or if you are planning on becoming one yourself, then you might want to know what 11 frameworks will dominate the Python web development industry in 2022. Here are our top picks for this year and the next 5 years...
Django
Django is a high-level open source web application framework, written in Python, which follows model–view–controller (MVC) architectural pattern. It is maintained by Django Software Foundation and hosted by Google Cloud Platform. It encourages rapid development and clean design with an eye towards security and usability. Django can support apps that are non-relational or that use different storage technologies from each other.
Flask
Flask is a minimalist microframework for Python. It’s built on Werkzeug and Jinja 2, and it’s specifically designed to make your development process faster and less complicated. Flask is perfect if you have relatively basic project requirements. If that doesn’t describe you, don’t use it—but if you ever find yourself thinking this project would be great if only I could get X done faster! then you should definitely check out Flask.
Pyramid
This is an open source Python web framework. It has been featured on PYPL (2014, 2016) and is currently very popular with startups in Silicon Valley. The developers say that Pyramid is built with simplicity in mind, and we couldn’t agree more. It can be used to develop everything from a simple website up to complex applications serving millions of users per day.
Pyramid with Chameleon
No doubt, Pyramid is one of the more popular Python frameworks that is based on WSGI. It has a decent number of modules and it scales well for complex systems. With a good command line tool and solid documentation, it might be worth trying out. However, there are some drawbacks like its high learning curve, compared to other frameworks in our list.
Tornado
Unlike other web frameworks, Tornado doesn’t use threads. It uses non-blocking I/O and asynchronous networking calls. This makes it ideal for working with real-time systems, like those required in IoT and multiplayer games.
CherryPy
CherryPy is a pythonic, object-oriented HTTP framework. This library makes it easy to build web applications in pure Python with as little web stuff as possible. CherryPy also has a support package called Cheesecake (written on top of CherryPy) that provides batteries-included web server and application framework features.
Pylons
As an all-in-one solution to create a web framework, Pylons has been created in 2007 and remains one of a few viable options. Being able to be deployed as middleware, Pylons offers various modules, including authentication, database integration and management, routing, URL generation and web services/SOAP/RPC support. The community is still active but smaller than some other solutions.
Zope/Plone
These frameworks were created by companies and have been used to build companies since 1997. We may see these on our Top 11 framework list again in 5 years but until then they’ve fallen out of favor with developers and haven’t grown enough to be considered a rising star like JQuery, NodeJS or Ember.js. However I know that my next project will use Zope/Plone – you should hire python developers who are experienced in these frameworks today to future proof your company!
