I agree for the most part, I did start with Django as well. But as you said, frameworks are easy to start with, we sometimes can't bear (or at least when we're just starting) the boring parts. We might start with a framework, yet we still need to leave the basics of back-end, making an app run isn't the end, we still need to learn the backend principles. When I started with Django I already was familiar with SQL and how it works, and read a lot about RESTful and all the things like that. That's just my opinion, sometimes starting with a framework will encourage you, and maybe end up like me and you with us learning the basics with much more passion.