A few I work with on most projects are...
Backend: one of the most popular API Frameworks is Tastypie. Authentication and authorization: Django Userena. Debugging: Django Extensions. Django CMS Django Haystack
These are a must for your tool kit.
Backend: one of the most popular API Frameworks is Tastypie. Authentication and authorization: Django Userena. Debugging: Django Extensions. Django CMS Django Haystack
These are a must for your tool kit.
DjangoRestFramework code base is better, it's better thought out, it should be part of Django core.