Introduction to Django Cache

In this article, we are going to learn, Django Cache which is very important for a website’s good performance. There are different ways you can use to keep your website in the cache. You should know that the fastest memory of the computer is cache, which is nearest to the CPU for processing. So you have to understand this in Django, so let’s start!

What is cache?

A cache is a place where frequent instructions are stored, it may be software or hardware components. Its work is to speed up the processing time for processes. To make a system faster and with good performance, we need to use cache techniques. So in Django, there is the concept of cache which is very healthy for a website. To learn more about cache, we will discuss below this section.

In the case of a website, the user makes a request to the server for any website page. That request to go server and server return a response with web page after some user again want to submit a request for the same website page, then server again read user request and give a response.

But here is some problem, because server responding, again and again, time for same web page, and it will take more time to return same web page. So cache technique help to reduce response time and to avoid server request for the same web page. Because frequently visited web pages are taken in cache memory which helps for server CPU to load fast that web page.

Why need Django Cache

The user likes that website that loads fast because no one wants to wait for website loading. For that, you have to learn and apply those skills which are best for website good performance. One of them is the caching technique which is used to store your website in cache memory to avoid making a, again and again, request to the server.

We need the cache to for website good performance

Another reason, that is very important to use cache for a website is that you, it reduce web page load time, due to this point, your website SEO rank is increase. Because Google gives preference to that website that loads very fast and has a minimum response time.

So, it is recommended to use Cache for your website, because:

Make website good performance
Reduce load time/response time
SEO ranking factor
User friendly

Different options in Django Cache

There are different options if you are want to work with Django Cache for your website:

Database Caching
File System Caching
Local Memory Caching

After clearing the concept of Django cache, you need to implement this technique to your website. There are different ways to implement a cache for your Django website.

Cache Per Site (Complete website in cache)
Cache Per view (Only specific view in the cache as you want)
Cache Template fragment (Only any part of the template in cache)

So, in this class, you have learned about Django cache, but we are not learned how you can implement the above Cache technique in your website but in other tutorials, we will discuss them in separate articles.

Now! what you have to do?

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