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This is Frank Wiles' introductory conference talk about Django from February 2010, presenting Django as a BSD-licensed Python web framework designed for "perfectionists with deadlines." The presentation covers Django's core Model-View-Template architecture, explaining how models handle database interactions and business logic, views (controllers) process URL routing and application logic, and templates manage presentation using Django's template language. Wiles demonstrates Django's capabilities through code examples of a simple blog application, showcases the powerful auto-generated admin interface, and highlights advanced features like GeoDjango for geographic applications, generic views for rapid development, and the extensive ecosystem of reusable applications. The talk emphasizes Django's origins at the Lawrence Journal-World newspaper, its adoption by major organizations like NASA, Discovery Channel, and The Guardian, and positions it as suitable for everything from rapid prototyping to large-scale production deployments.