How to bind multiple reusable Django apps together?

Question

I try my best to write reusable Django apps. Now I\'m puzzled how to put them all together to get the final project.

Here is an example of what I mean: I have a pict

Answer 1

This is a good question, and something I find quite difficult to manage also. But - do you imagine these applications being released publicly, or are you only using them yourself? If you're not releasing, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

The other thing is, dependencies are fine to have. The pictures app in your example sounds like a good candidate to be a 'reusable' app. It's simple, does one thing, and can be used by other apps.

A blog app on the other hand usually needs to consume other apps like a picture app or a tagging app. I find this dependency fine to have. You could try to abstract it a little, by simply linking to a media resource that was put there by your picture app.

It's all just a little bit of common sense. Can you make your apps slim? If yes, then try to create them so they can be reused. But don't be afraid to take dependencies when they make sense. Also, try to allow extension points so you can potentially swap out dependencies for other ones. A direct foreign key isn't going to help here, but perhaps something like signals or Restful APIs can.