Decoupled Django: Understand and Build Decoupled Django Architectures for JavaScript Front-ends

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V. GagliardiDecoupled Django https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7144-5_1

1. Introduction to the Decoupled World

Valentino Gagliardi¹  

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Colle di Val D’Elsa, Italy

 

This chapter offers a brief introduction to:

• Monoliths and decoupled architectures

• REST architectures

• The GraphQL query language

In this chapter, we review traditional web applications, the classic MVC pattern based on views, models, and controllers.

We begin to outline use cases, benefits, and drawbacks of decoupled architectures. We explore the foundations of REST, look at how it compares to GraphQL, and learn that REST APIs are not only RESTful after all.

Monoliths and MVC

For at least two decades, ...