Django + Angular

Question

i am new to the world of web development and i have a very good foundation on django for backend operations. i am also learning angular for front-end applications. so far i am quite happy writing in django for backend, but i dont like to work with the django templates. My question is, is there any way to integrate angular as the front-end portion in a django environment, keeping the django as the backend??

also while we at it, is there any good designing (UI design) courses available and where (free or paid)?

Answer 1

What you were doing was using Django as a backend and frontend framework. But you can use Rest Framework to build an API, keeping Django only on the backend. Once you have the API endpoints built, you can consume them with Angular or any other framework.

More info:

What is an API?

The tutorial in the official website of Django Rest Framework is a great start.