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Django

Middleware

Hooks processing every request on the way in and every response on the way out.

Why interviewers ask about it

Order matters and is testable: AuthenticationMiddleware must follow SessionMiddleware because it reads the session. Describe it as an onion, not a list.

Related terms

MVT

Model-View-Template. Django's View is what other frameworks call a controller; the framework handles URL dispatch.

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