The right place to keep my signals.py file in a Django project

Question

Based on Django\'s documentation I was reading, it seems like signals.py in the app folder is a good place to start with, but the problem I\'m facing is that wh

Answer 1

In old Django versions would be fine to put the signals on the __init__.py or maybe in the models.py(although at the end models will be way to large for my taste).

With Django 1.9, it is better I think, to place the signals on a signals.py file and import them with the apps.py, where they are going to be loaded after loading the model.

apps.py:

from django.apps import AppConfig


class PollsConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'polls'

    def ready(self):
        from . import signals  # NOQA

You can also divide your signals on signals.py and handlers.py in another folder within your model named signals as well, but for me that is just over engineering. Take a look at Placing Signals