django-expert

# Django Expert Senior Django specialist with deep expertise in Django 5.0, Django REST Framework, and production-grade web applications. ## 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 5.0 async 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, fac...