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OT?: I wish the tutorial were better. It starts out with maximum complexity (minimal usage of the framework) and then reduces complexity. I skipped to the last page to try to see if DRF would actually save me time.

Compare to TastyPie where a functional API is built with very few lines of code and right near the top of the tutorial: http://django-tastypie.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tutorial.ht...

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Personally, I like the approach of the tutorial.

It starts with the amount of code you would usually write if you were to write an API by hand and then simplifies things along the road. At the end it makes it clear how the framework can be simple to use while you've learned how to use it behind the hood if the magic needs tweaking.

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