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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