Rethinking the Reusable Application Paradigm
summary
How to make Django apps truly reusable by designing for replaceable layers and extensibility rather than just configurable views and templates. Covers using class-based views and overridable view components (as in the admin), keeping minimal model APIs with small wrappers for business logic, and offering swappable backends or interchangeable components (examples: django-taggit, django-registration). Also discusses building library-style tools (django-filter, django-compressor, etc.) and when the simpler traditional reusable-app pattern is sufficient.
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