Django Custom Managers and Chainable QuerySets
Build custom managers and chainable QuerySets in Django to encapsulate query logic, keep views thin, and write expressive ORM code.
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Build custom managers and chainable QuerySets in Django to encapsulate query logic, keep views thin, and write expressive ORM code.
Eliminate N+1 queries in Django with select_related, prefetch_related, Prefetch objects, annotations, and query profiling tools.
How Django QuerySets lazily build SQL, how to avoid N+1 queries with select_related and prefetch_related, and patterns to keep the ORM fast under real load.
Model real-world relationships in Django with ForeignKey, OneToOneField, and ManyToManyField, including reverse lookups, on_delete, and through tables.
Compare SQLModel and raw SQLAlchemy for FastAPI projects and learn how to pick the right one for your team.
Understand the difference between JPA the specification and Hibernate the implementation, and when each abstraction matters in practice.
A practical tour of Django's ORM — defining models, common field types, makemigrations and migrate, QuerySet filtering, foreign keys, and simple aggregations.