Django Standalone Apps: Learn to Develop Reusable Django Libraries

Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Introduction
Part I: Basic Components of a Django App
	Chapter 1: Defining the scope of a Django standalone app
		Benefits of creating standalone apps
			Sharing your work
			Improved code quality
			Don’t repeat yourself
			Commonality across a company
			Commonalities across client projects
			The currency of prestige
		With or without Django?
		Choosing your dependencies
			Necessary functionality
			Version compatibility
			Testing and documentation
			Maintenance cadence
			Specific vs. generalized
		Summary
	Chapter 2: Structuring standalone Django apps
		Django apps as Python modules
		What about middleware and URLs and views?
		Example app: currency
		Summary
	Chapter 3: Testing
		Why test?
			Testing apps from a Django project
			Testing the app
			Testing outside of a project
			Using a testing script
			Testing application relationships
			Where to include tests
			Testing without Django
		Summary
	Chapter 4: Model migrations
		Migrations outside of a project
		Testing migrations
		Additional migration guidelines
		Summary
	Chapter 5: Templates
		Three basic strategies
		What to include
			Email and miscellaneous templates
		Summary
	Chapter 6: Using static files
		Static files in standalone apps
		In the Django admin
		Summary
	Chapter 7: Namespacing in your app
		Namespaces at a glance
		App itself
		URLs
		Settings
		Management commands
		Template tags
		Models and database tables
	Chapter 8: Creating a basic package
		An example blog app
			A basic setup.py file
			Adding templates and static files
		Installing and using
		Summary
Part II: Scoping and Extracting a Reusable App
	Chapter 9: Scoping and drawing boundaries
		Scoping and the nature of the problem
		The job of a standalone app
		The dimensions for creation and extraction
		Sizing the scope of an app
			When an app is too big
			When an app is too small
		Summary
	Chapter 10: Separating your app
		Getting started
		Refactor first
		Model renaming and migrations
		Allowing customization
			Backend classes
			Signals
		Finalization and removing from the project
		Summary
	Chapter 11: Adding your app back in
		Verifying locally
		Source control–based packages
		Published packaged
		Summary
Part III: Beyond the Basics
	Chapter 12: Handling app settings
		Settings naming
		Settings formats
		Sourcing app settings
		Summary
	Chapter 13: Internationalization
		Why translation
		Translatable strings and how translation works
		Prioritizing translation steps
		Model content and translations
		Summary
	Chapter 14: Managing version compatibility
		Python version
		Django and dependencies
		Solving for incompatibilities
		Future proofing
		Summary
	Chapter 15: Mixed dependency support
		Beyond Django
		The nuts and bolts
		Real-world examples
		Summary
	Chapter 16: Modularity
		Additional standalone apps
		Using sub-apps
		Embracing horizontal modularity
		Summary
	Chapter 17: Better packaging
		Version consolidation
		Using a source directory
		Using setup.cfg
		The pyproject.toml and more tooling
		Summary
Part IV: Managing Your Standalone App
	Chapter 18: Licensing
		What licenses do
		Varieties of licenses
		How and where to include your license
		How to include other licenses
		Summary
	Chapter 19: Documenting your standalone app
		Starting with questions
		The forms of documentation
			Code comments and docstrings
		Tools for documentation
		Summary
	Chapter 20: Additional Testing
		Testing migrations
		Testing against different versions
		Using pytest
		Summary
	Chapter 21: Automating
		What is it and why bother?
		Starting to automate
		Continuous integration services
			Travis CI
			GitHub
			GitLab
			CircleCI
			Others
		Summary
	Chapter 22: Databases and other backend-specific considerations
		Backend-specific implementation and features
		Approaching database-specific functionality
		Summary
	Chapter 23: Collaborating
		Why contributions
		What to expect
		Setting expectations
		The role and obligations of an open source maintainer
		Summary
	Chapter 24: Using app templates
		startapp
		Cookiecutter
		Summary
Index