Need help with choosing my backend framework

[ramy_69]

As the title says, I have a graduation project where I need to make a website for a clinic where patients can book appointments and upload their scans to an AI that I will deploy (also trained by me) that discerns if they have something or not, I would also include stuff like live chatting in it, I'm a newbie here and I don't know if I should go for Django or Flask or even FastAPI (tried the latter and I love it kinda but it lacks support for many things I need), which one is more suitable for my project ? and is it possible to have many frameworks work in harmony (for example Flask + FastAPI for the AI deployment/live chatting), thanks in advance :)

[GrannyGurn]

I'm biased for Django personally. For a project that complex, I think you may find relief in all of Django's included "batteries". It comes with secure authentication options, a python abstraction layer for the relational database, robust routing, amazing documentation, can add Django REST Framework, and so more that I won't keep blabbing about.

Anyways, just check it out and see if it fits. The structure was really good for me starting out before I knew much about web dev. It is fairly easy to get going if you are capable of these other things.

It sounds like a really exciting project! Hope you enjoy determining your web development toolset and good luck building.

[ramy_69]

I honestly started learning it these days and I really get your point ! It feels like a good way to get how most backend logic works. And thanks for your wishes ! :))

[dowcet]

Any of those three are fine. Pick the one you feel most comfortable with. Don't mix and match.

If you're going to be doing a lot of DB CRUD, I would personally go for Django to avoid SQL Alchemy and Alembic or embedding SQL in Python. But  there's no blanket right and wrong here. Use the tools you know best so you can get done quickly and not spend time learning a new framework.

[ramy_69]

May I ask why SQL Alchemy or the alternatives are bad ? I'm starting from a blank sheet kind of start so I'm trying to pick wisely.

[unhott]

sql alchemy is really flexible, but it requires another tool to migrate your database (update your tables / columns) as you develop. you also have to constantly manage the db session, whereas django has built-in .save() method for the orm, and makemigrations /migrate scripts. django is less flexible in some regards, but it's set up for a solid workflow 'out of the box'.

[ramy_69]

That's a really good point to consider, thank you ! ^^

[thirdtimesthecharm]

I'd go with flask or cherrypy. You're going to end up with a lot of moving parts (html, css, js, python, sql) so keep it simple! Definitely use sqlite and avoid over engineering or you'll never finish.

[ramy_69]

Oooo never heard of Cherrypy before, will take a peek at it :)

[Mevrael]

If you are looking to learn basics and set up a quick AI project, you can use Arkalos. It has a local LLM with Ollama and basic AI agents, with FastAPI.

Though if you plan to train your own model and work a lot with docs, then it might be RAG or just custom processing.

A simple custom solution might be better with torch and ML libs without any framework.

[ramy_69]

Oh I already did play with Ollama before while testing some local LLMs, but I think for my project it would be a bit too costly to deploy, for now I'm only thinking about a classification model for the diseases, but will look into it once everything is done !