[spacesarebetter]

I have been using symfony since the 2-3 years because the product is build on symfony. Now i like symfony, because i’m not a big fan of PHP. Anybody knows how Django compares to Symfony. I have glanced through Django documentation few times and it look a little similiar. If somebody has used both frameworks, what are the main advantages of Django over Symfony?

[nickserv]

I use both, but we choose Django for all new projects. For advantages of Django vs Symfony, there's first advantages of Python over PHP...

In a web design context probably the biggest advantage is having things like asynchronous code where it makes sense and websockets without having to use another technology stack such as node.js.

Otherwise I simply find we are more productive using Django, it allows less boilerplate code for similar functionality, there is less complexity involved overall.

Disadvantage is maybe for really large projects with many developers, Symfony might be easier to have someone pick up the code since it's more standardized.

[chipotle_coyote]

While "it's in Python and not PHP" immediately comes to mind, a less snarky answer is that Django feels optimized for building bespoke content management systems. Take some time to play around with the automatic admin generation.

[KyeRussell]

I understand that it's played out (both as a general discussion, and as replies to your post) but PHP's shortcomings as a language are so blatant when working with any other okay general purpose language.

Community also goes a long way. Back when I dealt in PHP (+whatever framework) and switched to Django, the average competence of people I interacted with in conversations regarding the language / frameworks jumped up considerably. I like standing on the shoulders of giants.