Django Ninja Beginner's Guide#
This complete 30-part Django Ninja tutorial series takes you from the basics to advanced topics in a modern API framework that combines Django's stability with FastAPI-style type hints.
Why This Series Was Created#
One of my projects at work migrated from Django REST framework to Django Ninja. The primary reason was automated API documentation—no longer having to maintain API specifications by hand completely changed how I thought about API development.
I wanted to document that transition in full—not just for myself, but also for developers still deciding between DRF and Django Ninja.
That led me to enter the 2024 iThome Ironman Contest, a Taiwanese technical-writing challenge that requires publishing for 30 consecutive days. The series took nearly a month and more than 130 hours to complete. After the contest, I reorganized the articles into this website to make them easier to read and reference.
About Me#
I'm Kyo, a software engineer who believes AI and infrastructure are the future for developers. I enjoy writing about what I learn and hope to keep doing so until I'm 70. You can learn more on my personal website.