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im confused which one to learn from following for django drf views:

View Type	Class	Best For	Industry Usage
Function-Based Views	api_view	Small APIs, beginners	⭐⭐☆☆☆
APIView	APIView	Custom logic	⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
GenericAPIView + Mixins	GenericAPIView + Mixins	CRUD with customization	⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
Generic Class-Based Views	ListCreateAPIView, RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView, etc.	Standard CRUD	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
ViewSets + Router	ModelViewSet, ReadOnlyModelViewSet	RESTful APIs	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

above response is given by chatgpt but i need opinion of experienced developers

Hi everyone,

I'm a complete beginner learning Django and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by the number of concepts and different ways to do the same thing.

My goal is to become job-ready as a Django developer and build real-world projects, but I'm confused about what I should learn first and what is actually used in the industry.

So far, I've started learning:

• Django project structure
• MVT architecture
• Models and ORM
• Function-Based Views (FBV)
• Authentication with sessions
• CRUD applications

Some of the topics I'm unsure about are:

• FBV vs CBV vs Generic Views — which should I focus on and when to use which one among them?
• Default User vs AbstractUser vs AbstractBaseUser
• When to use signals
• Query optimization (select_related, prefetch_related)
• Caching
• Celery and background tasks
• Django REST Framework (when should I start learning it?)
• Testing
• Deployment

I'd appreciate advice from experienced Django developers:

1. What roadmap would you recommend for a beginner?
2. Which Django concepts are most important for junior/fresher interviews?
3. What projects helped you learn Django effectively?
4. Are there any common mistakes beginners make that I should avoid?

Any tips, resources, or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!