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Patrones de arquitectura Django, diseño de API REST con DRF, buenas prácticas de ORM, caché, señales, middleware y aplicaciones Django de nivel producción.

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  • Markdown instructions

    A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.

  • Works with any LLM

    AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.

  • Self-contained

    Everything the model needs lives in the instructions — no extra files to sync.

  • Open source

    Published by affaan-m on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Django Patterns AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

1

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

  1. Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
  2. Choose "Install from GitHub".
  3. Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
  4. Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.
Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.
2

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git /tmp/ECC
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/ECC/docs/es/skills/django-patterns .claude/skills/django-patterns
Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Django Patterns in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Django Patterns on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Django Patterns is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

  • Loaded only when it is needed

    The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.

  • Switch models mid-chat

    Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

Patrones de Desarrollo Django

Patrones de arquitectura Django de nivel producción para aplicaciones escalables y mantenibles.

Cuándo Activar

  • Construir aplicaciones web Django
  • Diseñar APIs con Django REST Framework
  • Trabajar con el ORM de Django y modelos
  • Configurar la estructura del proyecto Django
  • Implementar caché, señales, middleware

Estructura del Proyecto

Layout Recomendado

myproject/
├── config/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── settings/
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── base.py          # Configuración base
│   │   ├── development.py   # Configuración de desarrollo
│   │   ├── production.py    # Configuración de producción
│   │   └── test.py          # Configuración de pruebas
│   ├── urls.py
│   ├── wsgi.py
│   └── asgi.py
├── manage.py
└── apps/
    ├── __init__.py
    ├── users/
    │   ├── __init__.py
    │   ├── models.py
    │   ├── views.py
    │   ├── serializers.py
    │   ├── urls.py
    │   ├── permissions.py
    │   ├── filters.py
    │   ├── services.py
    │   └── tests/
    └── products/
        └── ...

Patrón de Configuración Dividida

python
# config/settings/base.py
from pathlib import Path

BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent

SECRET_KEY = env('DJANGO_SECRET_KEY')
DEBUG = False
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'rest_framework',
    'rest_framework.authtoken',
    'corsheaders',
    # Apps locales
    'apps.users',
    'apps.products',
]

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'config.urls'
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'config.wsgi.application'

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': env('DB_NAME'),
        'USER': env('DB_USER'),
        'PASSWORD': env('DB_PASSWORD'),
        'HOST': env('DB_HOST'),
        'PORT': env('DB_PORT', default='5432'),
    }
}

# config/settings/development.py
from .base import *

DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', '127.0.0.1']

DATABASES['default']['NAME'] = 'myproject_dev'

INSTALLED_APPS += ['debug_toolbar']

MIDDLEWARE += ['debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware']

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'

# config/settings/production.py
from .base import *

DEBUG = False
ALLOWED_HOSTS = env.list('ALLOWED_HOSTS')
SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 31536000
SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS = True
SECURE_HSTS_PRELOAD = True

# Logging
LOGGING = {
    'version': 1,
    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
    'handlers': {
        'file': {
            'level': 'WARNING',
            'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
            'filename': '/var/log/django/django.log',
        },
    },
    'loggers': {
        'django': {
            'handlers': ['file'],
            'level': 'WARNING',
            'propagate': True,
        },
    },
}

Patrones de Diseño de Modelos

Buenas Prácticas de Modelos

python
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
from django.core.validators import MinValueValidator, MaxValueValidator

class User(AbstractUser):
    """Modelo de usuario personalizado que extiende AbstractUser."""
    email = models.EmailField(unique=True)
    phone = models.CharField(max_length=20, blank=True)
    birth_date = models.DateField(null=True, blank=True)

    USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'
    REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['username']

    class Meta:
        db_table = 'users'
        verbose_name = 'user'
        verbose_name_plural = 'users'
        ordering = ['-date_joined']

    def __str__(self):
        return self.email

    def get_full_name(self):
        return f"{self.first_name} {self.last_name}".strip()

class Product(models.Model):
    """Modelo de producto con configuración de campos apropiada."""
    name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    slug = models.SlugField(unique=True, max_length=250)
    description = models.TextField(blank=True)
    price = models.DecimalField(
        max_digits=10,
        decimal_places=2,
        validators=[MinValueValidator(0)]
    )
    stock = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)
    is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
    category = models.ForeignKey(
        'Category',
        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
        related_name='products'
    )
    tags = models.ManyToManyField('Tag', blank=True, related_name='products')
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)

    class Meta:
        db_table = 'products'
        ordering = ['-created_at']
        indexes = [
            models.Index(fields=['slug']),
            models.Index(fields=['-created_at']),
            models.Index(fields=['category', 'is_active']),
        ]
        constraints = [
            models.CheckConstraint(
                check=models.Q(price__gte=0),
                name='price_non_negative'
            )
        ]

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        if not self.slug:
            self.slug = slugify(self.name)
        super().save(*args, **kwargs)

Buenas Prácticas de QuerySet

python
from django.db import models

class ProductQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
    """QuerySet personalizado para el modelo Product."""

    def active(self):
        """Retornar solo productos activos."""
        return self.filter(is_active=True)

    def with_category(self):
        """Seleccionar categoría relacionada para evitar consultas N+1."""
        return self.select_related('category')

    def with_tags(self):
        """Prefetch tags para relación muchos-a-muchos."""
        return self.prefetch_related('tags')

    def in_stock(self):
        """Retornar productos con stock > 0."""
        return self.filter(stock__gt=0)

    def search(self, query):
        """Buscar productos por nombre o descripción."""
        return self.filter(
            models.Q(name__icontains=query) |
            models.Q(description__icontains=query)
        )

class Product(models.Model):
    # ... campos ...

    objects = ProductQuerySet.as_manager()  # Usar QuerySet personalizado

# Uso
Product.objects.active().with_category().in_stock()

Métodos de Manager

python
class ProductManager(models.Manager):
    """Manager personalizado para consultas complejas."""

    def get_or_none(self, **kwargs):
        """Retornar objeto o None en lugar de DoesNotExist."""
        try:
            return self.get(**kwargs)
        except self.model.DoesNotExist:
            return None

    def create_with_tags(self, name, price, tag_names):
        """Crear producto con tags asociados."""
        product = self.create(name=name, price=price)
        tags = [Tag.objects.get_or_create(name=name)[0] for name in tag_names]
        product.tags.set(tags)
        return product

    def bulk_update_stock(self, product_ids, quantity):
        """Actualización masiva de stock para múltiples productos."""
        return self.filter(id__in=product_ids).update(stock=quantity)

# En el modelo
class Product(models.Model):
    # ... campos ...
    custom = ProductManager()

Patrones de Django REST Framework

Patrones de Serializer

python
from rest_framework import serializers
from django.contrib.auth.password_validation import validate_password
from .models import Product, User

class ProductSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    """Serializer para el modelo Product."""

    category_name = serializers.CharField(source='category.name', read_only=True)
    average_rating = serializers.FloatField(read_only=True)
    discount_price = serializers.SerializerMethodField()

    class Meta:
        model = Product
        fields = [
            'id', 'name', 'slug', 'description', 'price',
            'discount_price', 'stock', 'category_name',
            'average_rating', 'created_at'
        ]
        read_only_fields = ['id', 'slug', 'created_at']

    def get_discount_price(self, obj):
        """Calcular precio con descuento si aplica."""
        if hasattr(obj, 'discount') and obj.discount:
            return obj.price * (1 - obj.discount.percent / 100)
        return obj.price

    def validate_price(self, value):
        """Asegurar que el precio no sea negativo."""
        if value < 0:
            raise serializers.ValidationError("Price cannot be negative.")
        return value

class ProductCreateSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    """Serializer para crear productos."""

    class Meta:
        model = Product
        fields = ['name', 'description', 'price', 'stock', 'category']

    def validate(self, data):
        """Validación personalizada para múltiples campos."""
        if data['price'] > 10000 and data['stock'] > 100:
            raise serializers.ValidationError(
                "Cannot have high-value products with large stock."
            )
        return data

class UserRegistrationSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    """Serializer para registro de usuario."""

    password = serializers.CharField(
        write_only=True,
        required=True,
        validators=[validate_password],
        style={'input_type': 'password'}
    )
    password_confirm = serializers.CharField(write_only=True, style={'input_type': 'password'})

    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ['email', 'username', 'password', 'password_confirm']

    def validate(self, data):
        """Validar que las contraseñas coincidan."""
        if data['password'] != data['password_confirm']:
            raise serializers.ValidationError({
                "password_confirm": "Password fields didn't match."
            })
        return data

    def create(self, validated_data):
        """Crear usuario con contraseña hasheada."""
        validated_data.pop('password_confirm')
        password = validated_data.pop('password')
        user = User.objects.create(**validated_data)
        user.set_password(password)
        user.save()
        return user

Patrones de ViewSet

python
from rest_framework import viewsets, status, filters
from rest_framework.decorators import action
from rest_framework.response import Response
from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated, IsAdminUser
from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
from .models import Product
from .serializers import ProductSerializer, ProductCreateSerializer
from .permissions import IsOwnerOrReadOnly
from .filters import ProductFilter
from .services import ProductService

class ProductViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    """ViewSet para el modelo Product."""

    queryset = Product.objects.select_related('category').prefetch_related('tags')
    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated, IsOwnerOrReadOnly]
    filter_backends = [DjangoFilterBackend, filters.SearchFilter, filters.OrderingFilter]
    filterset_class = ProductFilter
    search_fields = ['name', 'description']
    ordering_fields = ['price', 'created_at', 'name']
    ordering = ['-created_at']

    def get_serializer_class(self):
        """Retornar serializer apropiado según la acción."""
        if self.action == 'create':
            return ProductCreateSerializer
        return ProductSerializer

    def perform_create(self, serializer):
        """Guardar con contexto de usuario."""
        serializer.save(created_by=self.request.user)

    @action(detail=False, methods=['get'])
    def featured(self, request):
        """Retornar productos destacados."""
        featured = self.queryset.filter(is_featured=True)[:10]
        serializer = self.get_serializer(featured, many=True)
        return Response(serializer.data)

    @action(detail=True, methods=['post'])
    def purchase(self, request, pk=None):
        """Comprar un producto."""
        product = self.get_object()
        service = ProductService()
        result = service.purchase(product, request.user)
        return Response(result, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)

    @action(detail=False, methods=['get'], permission_classes=[IsAuthenticated])
    def my_products(self, request):
        """Retornar productos creados por el usuario actual."""
        products = self.queryset.filter(created_by=request.user)
        page = self.paginate_queryset(products)
        serializer = self.get_serializer(page, many=True)
        return self.get_paginated_response(serializer.data)

Acciones Personalizadas

python
from rest_framework.decorators import api_view, permission_classes
from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
from rest_framework.response import Response

@api_view(['POST'])
@permission_classes([IsAuthenticated])
def add_to_cart(request):
    """Agregar producto al carrito del usuario."""
    product_id = request.data.get('product_id')
    quantity = request.data.get('quantity', 1)

    try:
        product = Product.objects.get(id=product_id)
    except Product.DoesNotExist:
        return Response(
            {'error': 'Product not found'},
            status=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND
        )

    cart, _ = Cart.objects.get_or_create(user=request.user)
    CartItem.objects.create(
        cart=cart,
        product=product,
        quantity=quantity
    )

    return Response({'message': 'Added to cart'}, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)

Patrón de Capa de Servicio

python
# apps/orders/services.py
from typing import Optional
from django.db import transaction
from .models import Order, OrderItem

class OrderService:
    """Capa de servicio para la lógica de negocio relacionada con pedidos."""

    @staticmethod
    @transaction.atomic
    def create_order(user, cart: Cart) -> Order:
        """Crear pedido a partir del carrito."""
        order = Order.objects.create(
            user=user,
            total_price=cart.total_price
        )

        for item in cart.items.all():
            OrderItem.objects.create(
                order=order,
                product=item.product,
                quantity=item.quantity,
                price=item.product.price
            )

        # Vaciar carrito
        cart.items.all().delete()

        return order

    @staticmethod
    def process_payment(order: Order, payment_data: dict) -> bool:
        """Procesar el pago del pedido."""
        # Integración con pasarela de pago
        payment = PaymentGateway.charge(
            amount=order.total_price,
            token=payment_data['token']
        )

        if payment.success:
            order.status = Order.Status.PAID
            order.save()
            # Enviar email de confirmación
            OrderService.send_confirmation_email(order)
            return True

        return False

    @staticmethod
    def send_confirmation_email(order: Order):
        """Enviar email de confirmación del pedido."""
        # Lógica de envío de email
        pass

Estrategias de Caché

Caché a Nivel de Vista

python
from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator

@method_decorator(cache_page(60 * 15), name='dispatch')  # 15 minutos
class ProductListView(generic.ListView):
    model = Product
    template_name = 'products/list.html'
    context_object_name = 'products'

Caché de Fragmentos de Plantilla

django
{% load cache %}
{% cache 500 sidebar %}
    ... contenido costoso del sidebar ...
{% endcache %}

Caché de Bajo Nivel

python
from django.core.cache import cache

def get_featured_products():
    """Obtener productos destacados con caché."""
    cache_key = 'featured_products'
    products = cache.get(cache_key)

    if products is None:
        products = list(Product.objects.filter(is_featured=True))
        cache.set(cache_key, products, timeout=60 * 15)  # 15 minutos

    return products

Caché de QuerySet

python
from django.core.cache import cache

def get_popular_categories():
    cache_key = 'popular_categories'
    categories = cache.get(cache_key)

    if categories is None:
        categories = list(Category.objects.annotate(
            product_count=Count('products')
        ).filter(product_count__gt=10).order_by('-product_count')[:20])
        cache.set(cache_key, categories, timeout=60 * 60)  # 1 hora

    return categories

Señales

Patrones de Señal

python
# apps/users/signals.py
from django.db.models.signals import post_save
from django.dispatch import receiver
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from .models import Profile

User = get_user_model()

@receiver(post_save, sender=User)
def create_user_profile(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
    """Crear perfil cuando se crea el usuario."""
    if created:
        Profile.objects.create(user=instance)

@receiver(post_save, sender=User)
def save_user_profile(sender, instance, **kwargs):
    """Guardar perfil cuando se guarda el usuario."""
    instance.profile.save()

# apps/users/apps.py
from django.apps import AppConfig

class UsersConfig(AppConfig):
    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
    name = 'apps.users'

    def ready(self):
        """Importar señales cuando la app esté lista."""
        import apps.users.signals

Middleware

Middleware Personalizado

python
# middleware/active_user_middleware.py
import time
from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin

class ActiveUserMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
    """Middleware para rastrear usuarios activos."""

    def process_request(self, request):
        """Procesar request entrante."""
        if request.user.is_authenticated:
            # Actualizar última hora activa
            request.user.last_active = timezone.now()
            request.user.save(update_fields=['last_active'])

class RequestLoggingMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
    """Middleware para logging de requests."""

    def process_request(self, request):
        """Registrar hora de inicio del request."""
        request.start_time = time.time()

    def process_response(self, request, response):
        """Registrar duración del request."""
        if hasattr(request, 'start_time'):
            duration = time.time() - request.start_time
            logger.info(f'{request.method} {request.path} - {response.status_code} - {duration:.3f}s')
        return response

Optimización de Rendimiento

Prevención de Consultas N+1

python
# Mal - consultas N+1
products = Product.objects.all()
for product in products:
    print(product.category.name)  # Consulta separada para cada producto

# Bien - consulta única con select_related
products = Product.objects.select_related('category').all()
for product in products:
    print(product.category.name)

# Bien - Prefetch para muchos-a-muchos
products = Product.objects.prefetch_related('tags').all()
for product in products:
    for tag in product.tags.all():
        print(tag.name)

Indexación de Base de Datos

python
class Product(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=200, db_index=True)
    slug = models.SlugField(unique=True)
    category = models.ForeignKey('Category', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

    class Meta:
        indexes = [
            models.Index(fields=['name']),
            models.Index(fields=['-created_at']),
            models.Index(fields=['category', 'created_at']),
        ]

Operaciones Masivas

python
# Creación masiva
Product.objects.bulk_create([
    Product(name=f'Product {i}', price=10.00)
    for i in range(1000)
])

# Actualización masiva
products = Product.objects.all()[:100]
for product in products:
    product.is_active = True
Product.objects.bulk_update(products, ['is_active'])

# Eliminación masiva
Product.objects.filter(stock=0).delete()

Referencia Rápida

PatrónDescripción
Configuración divididaSeparar configuración de dev/prod/test
QuerySet personalizadoMétodos de consulta reutilizables
Capa de ServicioSeparación de lógica de negocio
ViewSetEndpoints de API REST
Validación de SerializerTransformación de request/response
select_relatedOptimización de clave foránea
prefetch_relatedOptimización de muchos-a-muchos
Cache firstCachear operaciones costosas
SeñalesAcciones basadas en eventos
MiddlewareProcesamiento de request/response

Recuerda: Django proporciona muchos atajos, pero para aplicaciones de producción, la estructura y organización importan más que el código conciso. Construir para la mantenibilidad.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Django Patterns AI skill do?

Patrones de arquitectura Django, diseño de API REST con DRF, buenas prácticas de ORM, caché, señales, middleware y aplicaciones Django de nivel producción.

Why use Django Patterns on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Django Patterns is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Django Patterns in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/tree/main/docs/es/skills/django-patterns. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Django Patterns?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Django Patterns?

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Is the Django Patterns AI skill free?

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A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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