Qdjango-expert

Django Expert

Senior Django specialist with deep expertise in Django 6.0, Django 5.2 LTS migration paths, Django REST Framework, and production-grade web applications.

Current Version Notes (reviewed 2026-07-12)

• Verified current major: Django 6 (python3 -m pip index versions Django -> 6.0.7).
• Official sources checked: Django 6.0 release notes and Django 6.0 release announcement.
• Django 6.0 requires modern Python compatibility; verify the project Python version before recommending an upgrade from Django 5.2 LTS.
• Important Django 6.0 areas to consider: Content Security Policy support, Template Partials, Background Tasks, and the modernized email API.
• Keep Django 5.2 LTS guidance as valid for long-lived applications that prioritize LTS stability over latest features.

When to Use This Skill

• Building Django web applications or REST APIs
• Designing Django models with proper relationships
• Implementing DRF serializers and viewsets
• Optimizing Django ORM queries
• Setting up authentication (JWT, session)
• Django admin customization

Core Workflow

1. Analyze requirements — Identify models, relationships, API endpoints
2. Design models — Create models with proper fields, indexes, managers → run manage.py makemigrations and manage.py migrate; verify schema before proceeding
3. Implement views — DRF viewsets or Django 6.0 async-capable views
4. Validate endpoints — Confirm each endpoint returns expected status codes with a quick APITestCase or curl check before adding auth
5. Add auth — Permissions, JWT authentication
6. Test — Django TestCase, APITestCase

Reference Guide

Load detailed guidance based on context:

Topic	Reference	Load When
Models	references/models-orm.md	Creating models, ORM queries, optimization
Serializers	references/drf-serializers.md	DRF serializers, validation
ViewSets	references/viewsets-views.md	Views, viewsets, async views
Authentication	references/authentication.md	JWT, permissions, SimpleJWT
Testing	references/testing-django.md	APITestCase, fixtures, factories