aj-geddes/django-application

Django Application

Table of Contents

• Overview
• When to Use
• Quick Start
• Reference Guides
• Best Practices

Overview

Build comprehensive Django web applications with proper model design, view hierarchies, database operations, user authentication, and admin functionality following Django conventions and best practices.

When to Use

• Creating Django web applications
• Designing models and database schemas
• Implementing views and URL routing
• Building authentication systems
• Using Django ORM for database operations
• Creating admin interfaces and dashboards

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

django-admin startproject myproject
cd myproject
python manage.py startapp users
python manage.py startapp products

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:

| Guide | Contents | |---|---| | Django Project Setup | Django Project Setup | | Model Design with ORM | Model Design with ORM | | Views with Class-Based and Function-Based Approaches | Views with Class-Based and Function-Based Approaches | | Authentication and Permissions | Authentication and Permissions | | Database Queries and Optimization | Database Queries and Optimization | | URL Routing | URL Routing | | Admin Interface Customization | Admin Interface Customization |

Best Practices

✅ DO

• Use models for database operations
• Implement proper indexes on frequently queried fields
• Use select_related and prefetch_related for query optimization
• Implement authentication and permissions
• Use Django Forms for form validation
• Cache expensive queries
• Use management commands for batch operations
• Implement logging for debugging
• Use middleware for cross-cutting concerns
• Validate user input

❌ DON'T

• Use raw SQL without ORM
• N+1 query problems without optimization
• Store secrets in code
• Trust user input directly
• Override init in models unnecessarily
• Make synchronous heavy operations in views
• Use inheritance models unless necessary
• Expose stack traces in production