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diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index 19ed5a98..ec8b4bae 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -11,13 +11,17 @@ **Awesome web-browseable Web APIs.** -Django REST framework is a flexible and powerful Web API toolkit. It is designed as a modular and easy to customize architecture, based on Django's class based views. +Django REST framework is a powerful and flexible toolkit that makes it easy to build Web APIs. -APIs built using REST framework are fully self-describing and web browseable - a huge useability win for your developers. It also supports a wide range of media types, authentication and permission policies out of the box. +Some reasons you might want to use REST framework: -If you are considering using REST framework for your API, we recommend reading the [REST framework 2 announcement][rest-framework-2-announcement] which gives a good overview of the framework and it's capabilities. +* The Web browseable API is a huge useability win for your developers. +* Authentication policies including OAuth1a and OAuth2 out of the box. +* Serialization that supports both ORM and non-ORM data sources. +* Customizable all the way down. Just use regular function-based views if you don't need the more powerful features. +* Extensive documentation, and great community support. -There is also a sandbox API you can use for testing purposes, [available here][sandbox]. +There is a live example API for testing purposes, [available here][sandbox]. **Below**: *Screenshot from the browseable API* @@ -52,9 +56,6 @@ Install using `pip`, including any optional packages you want... ...or clone the project from github. git clone git@github.com:tomchristie/django-rest-framework.git - cd django-rest-framework - pip install -r requirements.txt - pip install -r optionals.txt Add `'rest_framework'` to your `INSTALLED_APPS` setting. |