title: Is it reliable to build desktop applications using web frameworks like Django?
body: <p>Is it reliable to build desktop applications using web frameworks like Django?</p>
  
  <p>The idea is to </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>build the interface with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript </li>
  <li>use Python and Django for backend operations (calculations, storage and databases, etc) </li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>and then run a server locally so that </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>the interaction with the application is done through the browser </li>
  <li>other local devices can access the application by connecting to the device on which the server is running.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>If that is possible and yields a reliable experience, then</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>is the development server that comes with Django enough? If no, what servers are most suitable for our purpose? Is Nginx good for example?</li>
  <li>what database should be used? PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc? The app will need to store a large number of entries.</li>
  </ul>