What are the differences in capabilities and application areas of Django and Django REST Framework?

Django is a full-featured web framework for building web applications in Python. It provides tools for working with databases (ORM), templates, forms, authentication, and much more.

Django REST Framework (DRF) is an extension for Django that simplifies the creation of RESTful APIs. It adds convenient classes and functions for data serialization, API request handling, authentication, and authorization at the API level.

Main differences:

• Django is suitable for creating full-fledged websites with HTML pages.
• DRF is designed for creating APIs that return data in JSON or XML format.

Example: if you want to create a site with a user interface, use Django. If you need to provide data for a mobile app or frontend via API — use DRF.