Radoslav here (one of the authors of the mentioned Django Styleguide).
First of all - I want to thank everyone to the comments The fact that someone took the time to read the styleguide & then write a comment / propose a different POV - is humbling.
I've read everything once & I'll do so at least couple more times. There are interesting ideas & comments that we can apply!
And finally, I want to add some more context:
1. That particular styleguide has served us, and it's still serving us well. It's basically a list of ideas that we found useful, thanks to the various Django projects that we've been exposed to at HackSoft.
2. One core philosophy of the style guide is the ability to cherry-pick whatever makes sense to you. Even at our company, it's very rare to have 2 Django projects following the exact same structure. The styleguide is rather a framework / direction for things that's been proven to work, from our experience.
3. And of course, the styleguide can use some more love from us. We are sitting on a lot of unshared knowledge that needs to be structured and applied back to the Django Styleguide & the corresponding Django Styleguide example project.
4. We try to keep it pragmatic, so you can actually build something. For example, DDD sounds great, but lacks pragmatism and slows you down by a lot (at least, for us).
5. And finally - this is not the "only right way" to do Django. As there is no "right way" to build software. Luckily, there are always options. We'll update the list of other suggested approaches, so people can have a choice / navigate the space better.
As an example of one of the big topics that we want to touch upon is nesting apps. Alongside the "services / selectors" layer (btw - you can call this whatever suits you best ), the ability to nest apps within apps is really powerful, when it comes to the structure and longevity of a Django project. Having 50+ flat apps is not the best experience.
Our current focus is around building the company (HackSoft). The Django Styleguide will be soon to follow. We are slowly gaining more speed & we'll eventually get there
All discussion around "How to do Django" are in fact really interesting. If we happen to meet at some future EuroPython / DjangoCon Europe - I'm always open to discuss in person. Otherwise, if you have specific comments / suggestions - you can submit it either as an issue / discussion, or just send an email to [email protected]
Cheers!